Essays about: "Third Wave of Democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Third Wave of Democracy.

  1. 1. One-Party Dominance and Democratic Backsliding in Botswana and Tanzania: Whither Peace and Development?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Issa Noor Omary; [2023]
    Keywords : One-party Dominance Dominant Party System; Dominant Party; Substantive Democracy; Democratic Backsliding; Third Wave of Autocratisation; Path-Dependence; Peace and Development; Botswana; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and autocracies alike. The ongoing democratic backsliding is attributed to a range of factors. From “executive aggrandisement” and strategic manipulation of elections to "autocratic lawfare”. READ MORE

  3. 2. Foreign State Actors and Domestic Factors Influencing Iraq's Democratic Process, 2014-2023

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : akon baker; [2023]
    Keywords : Iraq; Clan; Ethnic; democracy; sectarianism; Post-conflict; Post-war; ISIS;

    Abstract : Since the classical work of Samuel Huntington tilted the Third Wave of Democratisation, the question of how a country becomes a democracy and why others do not have been of interest to social scientists, notably political scientists. With more than three decades since the publication of this seminal work, empirical research has focused on several regions in the world and have provided various explanation for why some countries transition to democracy and why other fail. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ghana’s Fourth Republic and Transition to Democracy : A study by the “Two-turnover test” of Ghana’s transition to democratic governance

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Zaccheus Idun; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; Transition to democracy; Third wave countries; Two-turnover test; National Elections and Ethnocentrism;

    Abstract : Transition to democracy have been a complex and difficult process for many thirdwave democratic countries across the globe. In Ghana, past military governments, role of political parties, rule of law, ethnocentrism and human rights abuses and have played a key role in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and fourth attempt to democratic governance. READ MORE

  5. 4. DEBATING DEMOCRACY. The Effect of Chile’s Democratization on Income Inequality, a Synthetic Control Approach.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Amber Bosma; [2021]
    Keywords : Income Inequality; Chile; Third Wave Democracy; Latin America; Synthetic Control Method; Democratization; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : How does democracy affect income inequality? Most would expect democracy to reduce income inequality. There is a general consensus that indeed democratizations in Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth century did decrease income inequality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Democratisation Ignited from Below: Explaining Patterns of Democratisation from the Arab Spring

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stina Gottfredsson; [2020]
    Keywords : the Arab Spring; democratisation; democratic actors; labour movement; comparative historical analysis; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since the mass protests erupted in early 2011 has the Arab Spring been the central focus for studies from various approaches. This study seeks to contribute to the understanding of the Arab Spring from the perspective of democratisation theory. READ MORE