Essays about: "ELECTIONS 2008"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words ELECTIONS 2008.
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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 konfliktforskningAbstract : 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
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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)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
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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)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
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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/StatsvetenskapAbstract : 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
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5. UNDER PRESSURE: DEMOCRATIC MANDATES AND POLICY OUTCOMES IN TURBULENT TIMES. EVIDENCE FROM GREECE
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : 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