Essays about: "ELECTIONS 2008"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words ELECTIONS 2008.

  1. 1. Counting votes or counting bodies? : A qualitative study on the effect Regime Type has on the nature of Pre-election Violence in autocratic states

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

    Author : Tilda Janbrink; [2021]
    Keywords : Military regime; elections; electoral violence; pre-election violence; autocracy; state repression; Pakistan; Uzbekistan;

    Abstract : In a quantitative study in 2007, Davenport found that autocratic military regimes statistically face a higher risk of electoral violence than authoritarian party-backed regimes. This thesis has attempted to link Davenports findings with theories on military belligerence presented by Lai and Slater (2006) as well as Geddes et al. READ MORE

  3. 2. Political Knowledge of The European Union among Finnish Citizens and Its Effects to Political Participation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Rosa Pakarinen; [2020]
    Keywords : Political Participation; Political Knowledge; European Union; Finland; Democracy;

    Abstract : The discussion about what kind of standards are required from democratic citizens dates back to Ancient Greece, Aristotle, and Plato. Democracies require democratic citizens with specific knowledge, competences, and character to work properly (Galston, 2001, p.217). READ MORE

  4. 3. Reflections on the Ideological Evolution of the Sweden Democrats party : A Qualitative Analysis of party programs over time

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Lisa Youssef; [2020]
    Keywords : Sweden Democrats; radical right wing populism; liberal values; ideational evolution; world view; strategy; nativism; authoritarianism; populism;

    Abstract : In 2018, the Sweden Democrats party has gained 17.5 per cent of the votes during the Swedish general elections. Consequently, with this success, they became the third largest party in the riksdag. READ MORE

  5. 4. Clothes Trading and Issue Ownership, a Strategic Countermove : A case study about Hungary; Fidesz’s intrusion into the Far-right

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Edvin Tomas Jernstedt; [2019]
    Keywords : Party strategies; PSO-theory; Fidesz; Jobbik; far-right; clothes trading;

    Abstract : This research touches the basics of a clothes-trading process. The process occurs as an outsideparty is being politically absorbed by a mainstream party which aim is to oust the smaller party from the electoral arena. READ MORE

  6. 5. UNDER PRESSURE: DEMOCRATIC MANDATES AND POLICY OUTCOMES IN TURBULENT TIMES. EVIDENCE FROM GREECE

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Natsika Natsika; [2018-04-26]
    Keywords : representative democracies; crises; economic crises; pledge fulfilment; election promises; Greece; Great Recession;

    Abstract : To what extent do political parties under conditions of extraordinary pressure manage to fulfill the promises they made at elections? While systematic evidence from an international context points to parties under ‘stable’ times fulfilling high levels of election pledges (Thomson et el., 2017), research and knowledge in contexts of crisis is lacking. READ MORE