Essays about: "ELECTION IN NIGERIA"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words ELECTION IN NIGERIA.

  1. 1. Agents of Peace or Tension: Analysing Political Elites’ Electoral Rhetoric : A Qualitative Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sanna Sandehl; [2024]
    Keywords : Communal division; polarising and reconciliation rhetoric; ethnic religious and tribal affiliations; election campaign rallies;

    Abstract : How do some political elites, in unstable democracies with communal divisions, use ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations for a rhetoric of polarisation and/or reconciliation when running for office? This thesis applies a framing analysis to explore how political elites employ these affiliations in speech acts, mainly political rallies, to construct narratives of polarisation and reconciliation during election campaigns. The theoretical framework is constructed by previous research on “Big Men” politics and the rhetoric used by ex-combatants turned politicians within a context embossed with electoral violence and division. READ MORE

  3. 2. Media Framing of the Legitimacy of Nigerian Elections in Relation to Stomach Infrastructure

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Stanley Aghator; Sarah Kontim Moussa; [2023]
    Keywords : Nigeria elections; Vote-buying; Media framing; Election legitimacy;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to explore the media framing of Nigeria’s 2023 election in relation to votebuying: How did the Nigerian print media portray the legitimacy of the 2023 election in relation to vote-buying? In addressing the research question, Entman’s (1993) framing theory is used. For identifying the themes and patterns around the framing of the election Entman’s four questions, defining the problems, diagnosing causes, making moral judgments, and treatment recommendations, in connection with the existing literature on vote buying are employed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ethnic Sentiments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Akinbolaji Wiwoloku; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethnicity; voting behavior; Multicultural society; Election and Nigeria; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Voting behavior influences the electoral process and voting pattern in every democratic government. When it especially pertains to any multicultural society there is often this global applicability of similar tendency to have similar historical reality when it comes to voting behavior. READ MORE

  5. 4. Spilling The Tea On Electoral Violence Prevention : Can technical election assistance prevent electoral violence?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Agnes Cronholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Kenya; Nigeria; Zimbabwe; technical assistance; election violence prevention; electoral governance; international democracy assistance; electoral dispute resolution;

    Abstract : The international community has long sent democracy aid, and technical election assistance (TEA) has become increasingly popular in the last three decades. Despite these investments, little is known about the effects of TEA. READ MORE

  6. 5. Observing the Observers : A critical approach of problem representations in Policy of the EU EOM Final Reports

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jacob Wiman; [2020]
    Keywords : democracy; democratic development; election observation; Nigeria; EOM; EU; Staffan I. Lindberg;

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