Essays about: "Political Recruitment"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the words Political Recruitment.

1. 16. Disrupting carbon lock-in: How a target-based sustainability program for businesses can support the politics of decarbonization in Ottawa, Canada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Robin Goldstein; [2019]
   Keywords : carbon lock-in; decarbonization; climate governance experiment; politics; business; green economy; Ottawa; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Human-induced climate change has emerged as one of the greatest sustainability challenges of our time, with significant risks for human health, livelihoods and security. However, technological solutions to phase out the use of fossil fuels in industrialized countries are politically contested. READ MORE

3. 17. Implications for Sami Rights if Sweden Ratified ILO Convention No. 169

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

   Author : Maja Perdegård; [2019]
   Keywords : ILO; International Labour Organization; Convention No. 169; Indigenous Peoples; Sami; Reindeer Herding; Reindeer Husbandry; Sami Parliament; Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Sweden has received substantial criticism from several international organs on how the Sami people is treated. These international organs often recommend Sweden to ratify ILO Convention No. 169, which is the only instrument concerning indigenous peoples specifically which is open for ratification today. READ MORE

4. 18. Future party leaders or burned out? A mixed methods study of the leading members of the youth organizations of political parties in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elin Fjellman; [2019]
   Keywords : Sweden; youth organizations; political recruitment; career-related motives; reputational costs; stress; party integration; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : While career-related motives are not given much attention in studies on party membership, there are strong reasons to believe that such professional factors are important for young party members. This study is the first comprehensive investigation of how career-related motives impact the willingness of Swedish leading young party members to become politicians in the future. READ MORE

5. 19. Gendered Political Recruitment in Myanmar: The case of the Democratic Party for a New Society

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Tilda Segerberg; [2018]
   Keywords : Burma; Myanmar; Candidate Selection; Feminist Institutionalism; Gender; Gender Quota; Party Policy; Political Recruitment; Representation; Supply and Demand; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With 10,5% women in parliament, Myanmar ranks number 157 out of 193 countries on the rate of women in parliament. This thesis aims at investigating the gendered institutions that influence women’s descriptive representation in politics through a case study on political recruitment within the Democratic Party for a New Society, DPNS, and their youth wing Youth for a New Society. READ MORE

6. 20. The Strategy of the Islamic State: Instrumental and Organizational Developments in Relation to the Strategy of Al Qaeda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ashi Al-Kahwati; [2018]
   Keywords : Terrorism; Al Qaeda; the Islamic State; Martha Crenshaw; Terrorist strategy; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Al Qaeda and the Islamic State are two of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world, whose terror campaigns have changed the nature of global jihadi terrorism in fundamental ways. The purpose of this thesis is to study the strategy of the Islamic State in relation to the strategy of Al Qaeda, with Martha Crenshaw’s Instrumental and Organizational Perspectives. READ MORE