Essays about: "Referendum democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Referendum democracy.

1. 1. Transnational Democracy in Europe : A Case Study on the pan-European Party Volt Europa

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Malte Much; [2023]
   Keywords : Cosmopolitanism; Discourse Theory; European Integration; European Public Sphere; Habermas; Volt Europa;

   Abstract : In a setting of rising global challenges, transnational issues, and a deadlocked debate on European integration in the aftermath of the British Brexit referendum, this thesis presents the pan-European political movement and party as a novel approach of a cosmopolitan European generation taking their fate in their own hands. Consequently, the study investigates the characteristics of the ideological foundations of the emergence, vision, and strategy of the pan-European political movement Volt Europa. READ MORE

3. 2. Local Patriotism and the Emergence of UrbanSocial Movements : A case study of referendums from below in a postmaterialist society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Faris Henry Gergis; [2023]
   Keywords : Local patriotism; sub-national referendums; referendums from below; urban social movements; political participation; trust in local government; Folkinitiativet för Flygplatsens Framtid.;

   Abstract : Referendums are enigmatic in their sense as consolidating— or erosive tools of representative democracy; nonetheless, an upswing in the referenda from below was recently highlighted in the literature. Thus, how local referendums from below are mobilized and whether they affect trust in local government is a significant question to be answered, which mandates bridging social movements to tools of deliberative democracy. READ MORE

4. 3. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Catalonia, 2017: strategies of legitimation in political discourses.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ramir Rabaza Jiménez; [2020]
   Keywords : Spain; Catalonia; autonomy; referendum; sovereignty; constitutionalism; self-determination; secession; independence; sub-nationalisms;

   Abstract : The relation between the Catalan nationalist forces as well as the other sub-nationalisms and the Spanish Government has been a matter discussed throughout all the Spanish democracy. In recent years the challenge to the Spanish state set by the Catalan government when taking a unilateral approach on Independence has resulted in the imprisonment and exile of political leaders. READ MORE

5. 4. History as an argument for the future : A study of Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s use of history during the United Kingdom’s 2016 EU referendum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Joel Bertilsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Nigel Farage; Nick Clegg; Euroscepticism; UK; Brexit; use of history; European Studies; political discourse; historical consciousness; Thematic Analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with history within Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s political discourse during the six months leading up to the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union. Using Thematic Analysis combined with Klas-Göran Karlsson’s typology of the use of history, Jörn Rüsen’s typology of historical narrative and drawing on the theoretical framework of historical consciousness, this research paper aims to provide a further understanding of history’s role in political discourse as a legitimisation of arguments for specific expectations of the future. READ MORE

6. 5. DEMOCRACY DISRUPTED - FOR WHOM? A Study on Political Micro-Targeting and its Potential for Revitalizing Political Articulation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jonas Axel Abrahamsson; [2019-06-18]
   Keywords : The Information Commissioner’s Office ICO ; Political Micro-Targeting PMT ; Data Protection Authority DPA ; UK EU membership referendum; political articulation; political theory; Ernesto Laclau; Laclauian theory; institutional totality; equivalential chain; empty signifier;

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