Essays about: "Local elections"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words Local elections.

  1. 21. Electoral Gender Quotas and Diversity : A Study of the Binominal Parity Vote in French Local Elections

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Agnes Fälldin; [2017]
    Keywords : Gender quotas; diversity; age; professional background; party representation; the Binominal parity vote; French local elections;

    Abstract : This study has looked at how the diversity of representatives’ backgrounds changed after the introduction of the Binominal parity vote in the French local elections. The aim was to contribute to our understanding of the impact of gender quotas in other dimensions than gender. READ MORE

  3. 22. Boosting turnout in second-order elections - A quantitative study on the benefits of holding local elections at the same day as the European Parliament election

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Robin Björk; [2017]
    Keywords : Turnout; Concurrent elections; European Parliament; Second-order; Cost of voting; Salience; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since the installment of direct elections to the European Parliament, turnout has been falling. The implications of low, and ever falling, turnout are many. By holding second-order elections in the form of local elections on the same day as the election for the European Parliament, which also is a second-order election, turnout increases. READ MORE

  4. 23. State-Building: Peace versus Democracy: A comparative case study of the peacebuilding missions in Sierra Leone and in the Central African Republic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victoria Lecomte; Annika Consiglio; [2016]
    Keywords : IBL; State-building; Liberal Peacebuilding; Central African Republic; Sierra Leone; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2014, the peacebuilding missions in Sierra Leone and in the Central African Republic (CAR) were ended. While the former was described as being a success story, the latter failed to construct stable and lasting peace in CAR since a war broke out in December 2012 and is still ongoing in 2016. READ MORE

  5. 24. The effect of economic conditions on voting for extreme parties

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Philip Gren; [2016]
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    Abstract : This thesis studies how local economic conditions affect the decision to vote for an extreme party. I collect Swedish municipal data and construct a panel data set for the years 1998 to 2014. Economic conditions are measured using municipal unemployment data whereas the vote share of the Sweden Democrats is the main dependent variable of interest. READ MORE

  6. 25. Explaining Support for Radical Right-wing Parties. A swedish case

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Peter Röhr; [2015-07-13]
    Keywords : Radical Right; Nationalism; Modernization Losers’ Thesis;

    Abstract : In this study panel data on the three latest Swedish elections is used to empirically analyze the effect of unemployment rate and income on vote shares for the radical right-wing party, Sweden Democrats (SD). While high income levels are associated with low support for SD at national level elections, high unemployment rate is associated with high support for SD at municipality level elections. READ MORE