Essays about: "Voting"

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  1. 41. 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

  3. 42. SOCIAL IDENTITIES, VOTING BEHAVIOUR AND DEFECTION IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT A quantitative study of plenary roll-call votes during the Common Agricultural Policy reform (2020-2021)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frédéric Daudon; [2022-09-26]
    Keywords : European Parliament; voting behaviour; defection; agricultural policy; Social Identity Theory SIT ; outside earnings; moonlighting;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it investigates analytically whether social identities and financial interests influenced voting behaviour during the reform of the CAP, precisely the percentage of defection of MEPs towards their respective EPGs. Second, it questions the empirical fit of SIPP theory with dissenting voting behaviour. READ MORE

  4. 43. FROM SWEDEN, 12 POINTS AND 55.27 % TURNOUT TO THE EU. Attitudes towards the European Union and the electoral turnout in the Swedish elections for the European parliament 2019

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albert Ström; [2022-07-26]
    Keywords : Electoral turnout; European parliament elections; voting behaviour; attitudes among citizens’; European Union;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates if attitudes and extreme attitudes towards the European Union and on the left–right ideology scale affect the electoral turnout in the European parliament elections among Swedish citizens. Previous research lifts the importance of citizens' perceptions and attitudes towards the EU as one explanation of many for the low turnout in these elections. READ MORE

  5. 44. VOTING COHESION ON CHINA IN THE 9TH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Philip Lind; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : European Parliament; China; cohesion; ideology; national delegation;

    Abstract : In recent years the EU-China relationship has become more tense and after Chinese sanctions on EU institutions and parliamentarians, the European Parliament has decided to freeze the ratification of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. The purpose of this thesis is to study roll call votes and cohesion on China in the 9th European Parliament to gain a greater understanding of the vital institution and its internal dynamics. READ MORE

  6. 45. Correlation between Offline Social Network and Voting Behavior : A case study of first-generation immigrants coming from a non-EU European country

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

    Author : Ella Falk; [2022]
    Keywords : Voting participation; Offline Social Network; First-generation immigrants; Bourdieu; Field Theory; EU;

    Abstract : This study has examined if there is a correlation between Offline Social Network and voting participation in the European Parliamentary elections. The study has been done through a qualitative method, doing five different deep interviews. READ MORE