Essays about: "Electoral Results"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 83 essays containing the words Electoral Results.
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11. The Populist Surge and Democratic Dissatisfaction: Unveiling the divide : A quantitative analysis on variations in the level of satisfaction with democracy among populists and non-populists in Western Europe the past 20 years
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis deals with differences in the level of satisfaction with democracy between populists and non-populists in eleven Western European countries the past twenty years, with the common denominator that they all have experienced the electoral success of a populist radical-right party and a population increasingly expressing distrust and dissatisfaction with democracy. The thesis is based on a definition of populism in which it is regarded as a threat to democracy, and moreover, the thesis explores whether there are any significant differences in the level of satisfaction with democracy and whether these differences changes as time passes between these two voter groups. READ MORE
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12. PARTISAN ELECTORAL CYCLES AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A quantitative study of subnational governments in the US and Canada
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Although decisive government response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been critical to keep down infection rates such policies have also brought with it substantial social and economic costs. Much scholarly attention has been directed towards how political determinants have influenced elected leaders’ decision making on this. READ MORE
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13. THE IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON AGGREGATE ELECTION RESULTS
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Political knowledge is a key concept in research on democracy, elections, and political behavior.1 While several studies that examine political knowledge’s effects on the aggregate election results have been conducted, none of them compare knowledge effects across types of elections. READ MORE
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14. IS DELIBERATION THE DESTINATION? Analysing the effects of internet access on deliberative democracy
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The extant literature on the connection between the internet and democracy has so far been limited to liberal and electoral democracy. Studying how it affects deliberative democracy is crucial to understand public and government deliberation in the modern age, and also for broadening the debate about the internet and democracy to include other types of democracy. READ MORE
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15. FROM SWEDEN, 12 POINTS AND 55.27 % TURNOUT TO THE EU. Attitudes towards the European Union and the electoral turnout in the Swedish elections for the European parliament 2019
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates if attitudes and extreme attitudes towards the European Union and on the left–right ideology scale affect the electoral turnout in the European parliament elections among Swedish citizens. Previous research lifts the importance of citizens' perceptions and attitudes towards the EU as one explanation of many for the low turnout in these elections. READ MORE
