Essays about: "Election in 2008"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words Election in 2008.
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21. 4/11 : Bias in the british press Us election 2008
University essay from Medier och kommunikationAbstract : Purpose/Aim: To study the existence and level of bias in British press coverage of the 2008 US presidential election. Material/Method: A rhetorical analysis of 20 newspaper articles dealing with the election taken from The Guardian (liberal) and The Daily Telegraph (conservative) newspapers over a fiveday period up to and including the election. READ MORE
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22. Political representation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This is a Minor Field Study (MFS) which is a scholarship financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It was conducted in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa in 2007/2008. READ MORE
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23. Mexico´s Transition to Democracy : And Problems of Consolidation
University essay from IHH, StatsvetenskapAbstract : Abstract This thesis deals with Mexico’s transition to democracy, and its problems of consolidation. Mexico has an authoritarian heritage which still, eight years after the historic election in 2000 and the coming of an electoral democracy, causes great problems in society. READ MORE
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24. Contesting the Status Quo- A comparative study of democratic electoral outcomes in electoral authoritarian regimes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : There has recently been an increased interest among academic scholars on the importance of elections as a promoter for democratic change in semi-democratic contexts. This thesis positions itself somewhat on the side of this debate asking; when do elections in electoral authoritarian regimes result in democratic consequences? Recognising that elections can be as well a tool for democratic empowerment as authoritarian legitimisation, the study tries to avoid an obviously democratic bias and seeks the causes for as well democratic improvements as erosion in connection with elections. READ MORE
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25. The Abolishment of WTO´s Textile Quotas : How is the Textile- and Clothing industry in Bangladesh Effected?
University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och företagandeAbstract : On January 1st 2005 the long existing World Trade Organisation’s textile and clothing quotas were abolished. Experts predicted great losses for several developing nations, and foremost Bangladesh. A million jobs were predicted to be lost within the nation, and market shares were expected to be lost to the great winner of the abolishment, China. READ MORE