Essays about: "TYPES OF DEMOCRACY"

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  1. 1. DEMOCRACIES WITHOUT DEMOCRATS A quantitative study of citizens’ preferences for autocratic regimes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Petronella Ruben Hydén; [2023-12-06]
    Keywords : Autocratization; Autocracy; Outsider; Insider; Attitudes;

    Abstract : What decides whether a person prefers democracy or autocracy? Can the preference be narrowed down to one single influencing factor, or is it instead a combination of several phenomena that determines it? In order to understand the shifts in autocratic tendencies globally from a macro perspective, it is crucial to study the micro perspective behind it: individuals. This essay builds on previous research regarding citizens’ preference for different regime types to map out further why some people prefer autocracy over democracy. READ MORE

  3. 2. What are the odds of civil war? Investigating the relationship between quality of government, voter turnout, civil war, and the Democratic peace theory

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Salome Nordberg; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : Quality of government; civil war; voter turnout; democratic peace theory; logistic regression;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to quantitatively investigate the relationship between the quality of government, voter turnout, and civil war. By doing a hypothesistesting analysis through logistic regression. READ MORE

  4. 3. FROM AID TO EMPOWERMENT Evaluating the Impact of Democracy Assistance on Civil Society across 128 countries from 2005 to 2021

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Marike Blanken; [2023-06-20]
    Keywords : aid effectiveness; civil society; democracy assistance; democratisation; authoritarian regimes;

    Abstract : Civil society organisations (CSOs) are key players in democratisation processes. Consequently, a substantial part of foreign democracy assistance is directed at promoting civil society in recipient countries. A growing body of research indicates that support for democratisation is linked to higher levels of democracy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Democratizing Democracy Indices: Towards a More Inclusive Measure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Megan Kathleen Baxter; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Several large, international institutes and think tanks, like Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), International IDEA, and Freedom House, among others, focus on measuring and tracking government regime types and political environments, primarily through measuring democracies. Yet for all of their sophistication and massive datasets, there are misalignments between democracy scores and human rights for groups that are marginalized in many countries. 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