Essays about: "autocratisation"

Found 4 essays containing the word autocratisation.

  1. 1. Electoral Violence in Democratisation : Electoral Violence by Incumbents against the Opposition and its Effects on Democratisation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Leo Liljeberg Hallonsten; [2024]
    Keywords : Democracy; Democratisation; Electoral Violence; Government.;

    Abstract : Elections are a core democratic process in the world to ensure a peaceful transition of power between governing actors, yet it is too often the case that violence is employed to disturb the democratic process. Incumbents’ use of violence in order to maintain power and control over the procedure has become common as political violence and autocratisation has seen an upsurge in recent years. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. THE EU–SERBIA–CHINA TRIANGLE – an analysis of how China’s investments in Serbia affect the process of Serbia’s political EU integration

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Arzu Karimzade; [2022-08-08]
    Keywords : Autocratisation; China; Chinese Investments; Democratisation; EU Enlargement; EU Membership; European Integration; Political Conditionality; Political Copenhagen Criteria; Serbia;

    Abstract : For the past few years, Serbia has been a victim of a paradoxical situation. In order to become politically integrated into the European Union, it has to successfully undergo democratisation process, while its cooperation with an authoritarian state like China poses a risk of having the democratisation process prevented. READ MORE

  5. 4. Preaching Democracy : A Study of the Zambian Churches' Delegitimation of the Government

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Mattsson; [2020]
    Keywords : autocratisation; delegitimation; delegitimation of autocratic practices; religious institutions as democratising force;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the delegitimation concept in an electoral authoritarian context by studying how religious institutions seek to delegitimise the autocratic tendencies of the government. The thesis conducts a case study of the main religious institutions in Zambia, where the response to the authoritarian practices by the government is analysed and reviewed through a qualitative textual analysis. READ MORE