Essays about: "aim of election"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 essays containing the words aim of election.

  1. 1. THE INCONSISTENT WELFARE STANCES OF AN INCOHERENT PARTY FAMILY A statistical analysis of the effect of welfare salience on the welfare positions of radical right parties

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Zwinkels; [2024-01-19]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The radical right is held together as a party family by their positions on sociocultural issues like immigration and law and order, while displaying a relatively large variation over time and across countries on socioeconomic issues. Since it is becoming more and more common for radical right parties in Western Europe to take part in government, it is however important to know what to expect from them in all policy areas and not just those that are at the core of their ideology. READ MORE

  2. 2. Exploration of using Twitter data to predict Swedish political opinion polls with neural networks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Alexander Gren; Klara Lundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the possibility of using deep learning techniques to mine opinions on Twitter, with the objective to predict the political opinion distribution in Sweden. Different methods of gathering and annotating training data are evaluated to achieve accurate and reliable predictions. READ MORE

  3. 3. Geographic polarization and clustering of partisan voting: A local-level analysis of Stockholm Municipality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Almén; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Autocorrelation; MAUP; Electoral Geography; Political Polarization; Geographic Polarization; Stockholm Municipality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last decade, the topic of political polarization has become a growing concern within academic and public debate. Many highlight the linkage between increased political polarization and democratic problems such as political tribalism and uncivil activism. It is also argued to be a global phenomenon. READ MORE

  4. 4. Dragons Down Under? : Examining Chinese-Australians role in determining Australia leaving the First Quadrilateral Security Dialogue as a case of alliance failure through Foreign Policy Analysis.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Sultán Sjöqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; Ethnic Minorities; Military alliance failure; Foreign Policy Analysis;

    Abstract : To what extent can an ethnic minority influence the foreign policy of a democratic country towards their own ancestral homeland? This is a question that, in a both increasingly insecure and globalized world, becomes more and more important. This paper examines the role the Chinese-Australian minority had in the breakdown of the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. READ MORE

  5. 5. A right-wing populist party’s walkthrough into governmental cooperation : A comparative analysis, focused on the origins and historical development of right-wing populist parties in Scandinavia, as well as the evolution of relationships and cooperation between these parties and other national parties towards governmental collaborations.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Axel Lunden; [2023]
    Keywords : Politics; Cooperation; Comparative Politics; Convergence; Right-Wing Populism; Scandinavia; Politik; Samarbete; Komparativ politik; Konvergens; Högerpopulism; Skandinavien;

    Abstract : Following the 2022 Swedish general election, all three of the Scandinavian countries have had right-wing populist parties either within the government or in cooperation with one. This thesis will review the origins and developments of the major, national, right-wing populist parties in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. READ MORE