Essays about: "Political Corruption"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 216 essays containing the words Political Corruption.

  1. 21. Political Trust and Economic Inequality - An examination of political trust and economic inequality in 29 European countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonas Fallenius; [2022]
    Keywords : Trust; inequality; Europe; Gini; regression; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between political trust and income inequality in 29 European countries, using Easton’s (1975) trust-as-evaluation approach. The theoretical basis consists of Easton (1975) and Rothstein’s (2011)Low Trust-Corruption-Inequality trap theory. READ MORE

  3. 22. The impact of state capacity on education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Danial Sohail; [2022]
    Keywords : India; Educational Goals; State Capacity; Literacy Rate; Good Governance; Quality of Government; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates whether state capacity furthers a country’s educational goals by scrutinising the effects of state capacity on the literacy rate in India. This is fundamentally studied through the theories of good governance and state capacity. READ MORE

  4. 23. Money Talks: The potential of an EU financial conditionality mechanism linked to the rule of law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Katarina Bungerfeldt; [2022]
    Keywords : EU law; constitutional law; rule of law; rule of law backsliding; conditionality; solidarity; corruption; article 7 TEU.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, the status of the rule of law as a foundational value of the EU legal order has been questioned by the political developments in certain EU member states. Particularly Poland and Hungary have seen a rapid dismantling of central state institutions, in a process which has become known as rule of law backsliding. READ MORE

  5. 24. "Kitu Kidogo": Give me something small : A qualitative case study on the causes of private sector corruption in East Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Sabine Lind; [2022]
    Keywords : corruption; private sector; ethnicity; East Africa; collectivism;

    Abstract : There is a large amount of literature about corruption and its impacts on conflict and democratization. In the latest decades, scholars have also tried to explain why political corruption trickles down to the public sector. However, less is known about under what circumstances that political corruption trickles down to the private sector. READ MORE

  6. 25. Defending the Defenders: International Protection for Local Human Rights Defenders in the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Timothy Lincoln Reeves Jr; [2022]
    Keywords : Human Rights Defenders Global South International Regional Human Rights Systems Attacks violations Protection; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Local human rights defenders play a significant role in the realization and enjoyment of human rights. Working alone or in association with others, they peacefully advocate for and promote fundamental freedoms and human rights for themselves and for their fellow citizens. READ MORE