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  1. 1. BALLOT STRUCTURE, DISTRICT MAGNITUDE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STRINGENCY. A Quantitative Study of OECD Countries

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Thi Thu Le; [2024-01-18]
    Keywords : ballot structure; open-list proportional representation; environmental policy; personal vote; district magnitude;

    Abstract : The role of the electoral rules, and the ballot structure more specifically, in determining environmental policy outcomes has received minimal attention in the literature. This paper contributes to this gap by analyzing the environmental policy consequences in proportional representation (PR) systems with different ballot designs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Five Decades of Negative Campaigning : Describing and Explaining the Use of Policy and Trait Attacks in Swedish Parliamentary Elections 1970-2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Melvin Hidesäter Bredell; [2023]
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    Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether there has been an increase in negative campaigning and trait attacks in Sweden, and whether some of the drivers of negative campaigning found in the United States two-party system - that is, the factors that motivate parties or candidates to attack their opponent’s policies or character traits - are active likewise in the Swedish multi-party system. Based on the results of a quantitative content analysis of Swedish parliamentary election manifestos 1970-2022, I conclude that there has been no increase in negative campaigning and trait attacks in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. “THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY” The Ethnographic Content Analysis of the Negative Political Ads in the Post-Soviet Hybrid Democracy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Tamar Samkharadze; [2021-09-13]
    Keywords : Negative Campaigning; Attack ads; Post-Soviet; Hybrid democracy; Personalization of Politics; Ethnographic Content Analysis;

    Abstract : Research in field negative campaigning has demonstrated an anglophone nature. Little is known about strategies of negativity beyond American and the Western European scope. READ MORE

  5. 4. What triggers negativity in candidates´campaigns? Examining the importance of personal characteristics, the role of the media, and the election context.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Kyriakos Konstanta; [2021-07-27]
    Keywords : campaigns; attack politics;

    Abstract : Research in negative campaigning is growing throughout the years, however, the focus by researchers has been put into negativity’s effects. The present study seeks to address the research void detected in the negative campaigning’s drivers. READ MORE

  6. 5. Political branding through Facebook : - A study of party branding during the Swedish general elections 2018

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amanda Lindblad; [2019]
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    Abstract : There have not been many studies of political branding of parties on Facebook yet. The case of political branding on Facebook in the Swedish general elections of 2018 were studied in this thesis, and all eight parties in parliament were included. READ MORE