Essays about: "Swedish Parliamentary Election"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Swedish Parliamentary Election.

1. 1. Were the most important election pledges fulfilled? An empirical investigation of the Swedish government’s pledge fulfillment after the 2014 parliamentary election

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ida Steineck Nilsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Election pledges; pledge fulfillment; the mandate model; promissory representation; Swedish politics; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis provides an account of the pledge-making and eventual pledge fulfilment of the Swedish government of 2014, which consisted of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party. It is grounded in the theoretical approaches of the mandate model of representation and promissory representation. READ MORE

3. 2. Electoral Political Participation at the Core of Democracy: A Human Rights-Based Study of the Swedish Electoral System

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

   Author : Amanda Wikström Avaria; [2023]
   Keywords : Public international law; constitutional law; democracy; political participation; Human Rights Law; folkrätt; statsrätt; demokrati; politiskt deltagande; Mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate how the democratic form of government is maintained and protected in the Swedish legal system, as well as what kinds of risks the legal system poses to the maintenance of democracy in Sweden. Recent reports from NGOs show that the world, and Europe, are going through a trend of democratic backsliding. READ MORE

4. 3. Investigating Industry Bias in Swedish Polling from 2010 to 2022

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Max Johansson; Michael Debebe; [2023]
   Keywords : Industry Bias; Bias; Polling; Simulation; Swedish Parliamentary Election;

   Abstract : Industry bias is the bias associated with polling estimates, and that is caused by systematic errors. We aim to test for its presence in Swedish political polling from 2010 to 2022 and simulate industry bias as a consequence of nonresponse bias. READ MORE

5. 4. Five Decades of Negative Campaigning : Describing and Explaining the Use of Policy and Trait Attacks in Swedish Parliamentary Elections 1970-2022

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Melvin Hidesäter Bredell; [2023]
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   Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether there has been an increase in negative campaigning and trait attacks in Sweden, and whether some of the drivers of negative campaigning found in the United States two-party system - that is, the factors that motivate parties or candidates to attack their opponent’s policies or character traits - are active likewise in the Swedish multi-party system. Based on the results of a quantitative content analysis of Swedish parliamentary election manifestos 1970-2022, I conclude that there has been no increase in negative campaigning and trait attacks in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 5. THE IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON AGGREGATE ELECTION RESULTS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ylva Larsson; [2022-10-03]
   Keywords : Political Knowledge; Political Information; Voting; European Parliament Elections; Swedish parliamentary elections; First- and second order elections; Sweden; 2009; 2010; 2014;

   Abstract : Political knowledge is a key concept in research on democracy, elections, and political behavior.1 While several studies that examine political knowledge’s effects on the aggregate election results have been conducted, none of them compare knowledge effects across types of elections. READ MORE