Essays about: "about voters and democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words about voters and democracy.

1. 1. When Political Interest is not Enough: A quantitative study on what deterred politically interested citizens from voting in the 2019 European Parliamentary election

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Eric Andell; [2023]
   Keywords : Political interest; non-voters; voter turnout; EU democracy; euroscepticism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union (EU) has long suffered from a democratic deficit, something that has been highlighted many times by politicians, media and citizens alike. The EU has in turn tried to better its democratic standing by increasing the power of the European Parliament (EP) through the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Implications of Populism on the European Union Immigration Legislation : Evidence from the Legislation adopted and implemented during the Eighth European Parliament (2014-2019)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : María Belén Silva Campos; [2022]
   Keywords : Populist radical right parties; European Parliament; immigration; legislation; refugee crisis.;

   Abstract : Populism is a phenomenon that impacts not only nation-states and their institutions but also the institutions of international-supranational organizations. This is the case of the European Union, where populist radical right parties (PRRPs) – the most predominant type of populism in Europe – reached the Parliament in 1984, consolidated in 2014, and have since then participated in the debates about the European legislation. READ MORE

5. 4. CHOOSING POLICY OVER VALENCE - A conjoint experiment on vote choice

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Josefine Magnusson; [2021-02-12]
   Keywords : vote choice; trade-offs; valence politics; spatial politics; conjoint experiment;

   Abstract : In a representative democracy elections constitute the main channel for individuals to express their will. In each election voters are typically asked to make a single choice on the basis of multiple political preferences. The nature of this process entails that some voters need to choose between preferences. READ MORE

6. 5. The Political Economy of Left-Wing Populism - social relations and the economic imaginary of Podemos

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Jacob König; [2017]
   Keywords : Podemos; Populism; Critical Discourse Analysis; Cultural Political Economy; Hegemony; Embeddedness; Economic Imaginary; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Populism has become a political catchphrase across the world, spanning across the entire political spectrum in various forms. In Spain, the left-wing populist party Podemos is the most significant case, adopting a post-marxist perspective less focused on the economy than orthodox marxism. READ MORE