Essays about: "Regime Legitimacy"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words Regime Legitimacy.
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16. Putting capital punishment to rest : A qualitative study of capital punishment and human rights in China and the Philippines
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The situation of the influence of human rights issues related to capital punishment has for long been a matter of debate, especially regarding the retention and abolition of the death penalty. Various countries have, during the 20th century, changed their laws and approach on capital punishment with the implementation and adoption of human rights conventions. READ MORE
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17. From Offense to Defense : The Political Discourse and Use of Sports in Putin’s Russia from a Historical Perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : This thesis looks into the political discourse surrounding the doping scandal that has developed in Russian sport over the last two years. The paper hypothesizes that because of the importance of nationalism and Russia’s great power status, the Putin regime has, despite publicly stating the opposite, actively contributed to the further politicization of sport by returning to a sport discourse closely resembling that of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. READ MORE
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18. "Democracy on Trial": the Role of the Losers in Post-Election Violence : A Qualitative Comparison of Presidential Elections in Nigeria 2011 and Kenya 2013
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Most of the literature on electoral violence focuses on the role of the incumbents as perpetrators, although taking into account that other actors can play this role. This essay aims at filling the research gap concerning the role of the losers of an election as perpetrators of electoral violence by addressing the research question: “Why do losers of an election engage in post-election violence in some contexts, while in others do not?” I focus on post-election violence, given that it is the timing in which the minorities are most likely to mobilize. READ MORE
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19. Legal but Illegitimate Interventions - Legitimacy of Governments and Intervention by Invitation under International Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Under international law, a government of a state is entitled to the sovereign right to invite another state to intervene militarily on its territory. This type of consensual use of military force is an exception to the rules on prohibition of use of force among states, and unlawfulness is precluded through such governmental consent. READ MORE
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20. Think Glocally, Discriminate Internally? State Discretion, Renewable Electricity Schemes, and the Internal Market in the Context of Articles 34-36 TFEU and state Aid Rules
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The overarching question addressed in this essay is whether the seemingly wide scope of state discretion in respect of principal renewable electricity support schemes – feed-in tariffs (FIT), feed-in premiums (FIP), tradable green certificates (TGC), and FIT initiated by tendering (TENFIT) – is curtailed or upheld under the internal market regimes governing, firstly, the free movement of goods in the context of non-fiscal measures targeting imports i.e. READ MORE
