Essays about: "Party polarization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Party polarization.

1. 1. Identity Construction in Populist Rhetoric : A discourse analysis on speeches made by Orbán between 2014 and 2023

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Linnea Dahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Populism; Discourse; Hungary; Orbán;

   Abstract : There is no secret that Hungary is one of the many countries in Europe where right wing populism have taken hold. Fidesz, the leading party, with Victor Orbán as party leader got a majority vote in 2010 and have not let up their power since. Populism, as disputed as the concept is, have certain core parts that most scholars can agree on. READ MORE

3. 2. Geographic polarization and clustering of partisan voting: A local-level analysis of Stockholm Municipality

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Jonas Almén; [2023]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Autocorrelation; MAUP; Electoral Geography; Political Polarization; Geographic Polarization; Stockholm Municipality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In the last decade, the topic of political polarization has become a growing concern within academic and public debate. Many highlight the linkage between increased political polarization and democratic problems such as political tribalism and uncivil activism. It is also argued to be a global phenomenon. READ MORE

4. 3. “Freedom not Fear, truckers not Trudeau” : Antagonism as Populism: Against the Liberal Consensus in Canada

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Mattias Törnell; [2023]
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   Abstract : This thesis is investigating the rise of populism in Canada, and how the Freedom Convoy 2022 changed the political landscape allowing for populism to be mainstreamed. Populism as a political force is reshaping liberal democracies, and by analysing how populism as a counter movement against the liberal hegemony is constructed, this thesis, while focused on Canada, will show how societal polarization and the construction of political frontiers is expanding the populist zeitgeist. READ MORE

5. 4. Negotiations of Socialist Feminism: Gender and sexual orientation in conflicting perceptions of socialism, feminism and power in the Danish socialist party, Enhedslisten

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rikke From; [2023]
   Keywords : Sexism and sexual harassment; socialist feminism; Danish Left; flat structure organization; identity politics and socialism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of conflicting perceptions provoked by Enhedslisten’s, Danish political party, attempt to practice socialist feminism organizationally. I locate three sites of conflicts; socialism(s) and organization of power, feminism(s), and queer culture and approach them from a theoretical framework of primarily Foucault, Panebianco, Halley, Young, Fraser, and Butler. READ MORE

6. 5. The possible far-right threat toward abortion rights and human development in the West : A qualitative desk study 

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Wilma Håkansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Human development; human rights; equality; abortion; political polarization; SDG; Agenda 2030;

   Abstract : The Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to reclaim the constitutional right to carry out an abortion in 2022, was founded in a far-right politician's agenda. Considering recent developments in Western countries in Europe, far-right political parties have increased their power during the 2010s until present time. READ MORE