Essays about: "Political reform"

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1. 11. Crisis of representation and the opportunity for change: A case study of women’s representation in Chile between 2015-2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Albin Lundholm; [2023]
   Keywords : Chile; constitution; women’s representation; gender quotas; institutional trust.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis is a descriptive case study of the institutional measures to improve women’s representation in Chile between 2015 and 2022. Women in Chile have historically been underrepresented because of two institutions introduced by former dictator Pinochet: the 1980 constitution and the binomial electoral system. READ MORE

3. 12. T HE GENDER EQUALITY CHARADE A Critical Perspective on the Adoption and Implementation of 40/60 Gender Quota in Malawi

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Tawonga Tiwonerepo Nyirongo; [2022-11-02]
   Keywords : Gender Quota; Gender Equality Policy; Donor Aid;

   Abstract : While gender quotas have been widely adopted by countries around the world as an affirmative action to enhance women’s participation and representation in politics and other public spheres, the impact of the phenomenon continue to vary across national borders. Notably, substantive research suggests that gender quotas promote representational equality and improve women's participation in politics and other spheres of public life. READ MORE

4. 13. SOCIAL IDENTITIES, VOTING BEHAVIOUR AND DEFECTION IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT A quantitative study of plenary roll-call votes during the Common Agricultural Policy reform (2020-2021)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frédéric Daudon; [2022-09-26]
   Keywords : European Parliament; voting behaviour; defection; agricultural policy; Social Identity Theory SIT ; outside earnings; moonlighting;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it investigates analytically whether social identities and financial interests influenced voting behaviour during the reform of the CAP, precisely the percentage of defection of MEPs towards their respective EPGs. Second, it questions the empirical fit of SIPP theory with dissenting voting behaviour. READ MORE

5. 14. AN ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY MAY FOURTH INTELLECTUALS’ INTERPRETATION OF ‟UNIVERSAL VALUES” - A Europe-China Cultural Encounter Perspective

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Quan Xin; [2022-06-23]
   Keywords : China; Europe; cross-cultural encounter; universal values; the May Fourth Movement; 20th century; ethical universalism; cultural relativism; New Youth;

   Abstract : There is an increased tension between China and the European Union (EU) over ‟universal values” of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. This is a question about ethical universalism and cultural relativism, a legendary debate by the Enlightenment thinkers. READ MORE

6. 15. Toward establishing CO2-securitization’s warning process and likely non-conclusion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sören Floderus; [2022]
   Keywords : Securitization; Climate; Warning process; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : For understanding undue politicization, Wilhelm Agrell and Gregory Treverton in their book National Intelligence and Science (2015) describe ‘Intelligence Modes of Science’ at work in also science’s policy-maker-analyst interface, while analytical social epistemology points at medialization as additional background. In this paper, securitization’s process is used as frame for exploring how IPCC’s, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, claim at its conclusion (Brauch, 2009) fares in the area of CO2/climate, for an independent account and with an eye for Swedish processes in particular as they’ve been covered. READ MORE