Essays about: "coalition building"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words coalition building.

  1. 16. Forced to develop? : A cross-sectional study on how coalition size, security costs and natural resource endowments correlate with education investments

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Vera Lundan; [2017]
    Keywords : systemic vulnerability; education; natural resources; coalitions; military expenditure; public goods; government investments;

    Abstract : This paper aims to measure the relationship between systemic vulnerability and government development investments. Systemic vulnerability is a concept introduced by Doner et al. (2005), which suggests that broad coalitions, severe external threats and scarce resources will lead to developmental states. READ MORE

  3. 17. Green Power Denmark - How a Small Member State used its Presidency to make the EU greener

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nicolai Kofoed; [2017]
    Keywords : EU Presidency; Negotiations; Denmark; Energy Efficiency; Coalition Building.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how Denmark, as a small Member State, was able to use its 2012 Presidency to exert significant influence and further its interests via the Energy Efficiency Directive. Denmark’s influence is puzzling for three reasons: Firstly, it goes against the literature’s expectations of a small Member State Presidency, which is supposed to work as an impartial chair. READ MORE

  4. 18. PERSIST OR FAIL: CAN THE BROAD FRONT FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SURVIVE TO BECOME A VIABLE POLITICAL PROJECT FOR THE COLOMBIAN LEFT?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

    Author : Piotr Wojciak-Pleyn; [2015]
    Keywords : Colombia; Politics; Political Parties;

    Abstract : The Broad Front for Peace, Democracy and Social Justice is a Colombian coalition party formed by an array of left-wing social and political movements. It is characterized by an agenda consisting of increased citizen participation and the promotion of the Colombian peace process. READ MORE

  5. 19. A More Just Way of Living For Everybody? Stories of Language, Privilege, and a Transition Towns Movement in Eastern Canada

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Lucia Bardos; [2015]
    Keywords : Language; Transition Towns; Transition Movement; Privilege; Epistemology; Coalition Politics; Feminist Theory; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I explore the relationship between the transition movement and social and ecological justice. Through a case study of Transition Guelph (TG), a transition town in Ontario, Canada, I discuss how TG creates a language based on binary concepts embedded in unequal power relations, and how this language informs their actions and activism. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Impacts of Post-election Power-sharing Agreement on Horizontal Mechanisms for Political Accountability: A case study of Kenya 2008 to 2013

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ganiyu Temitope Otunba; [2013-10-03]
    Keywords : Power-sharing; post-election power-sharing; Kenya; parliament; government; political accountability; Grand Coalition;

    Abstract : Globally, power-sharing has become an international policy approach to mitigating conflict in ethnically or religiously diverse societies. Today, power-sharing is increasingly becoming part of almost every post conflict peace agreement. Recently in 2008, as a result of an election deadlock, Kenya was on the brink of civil war. READ MORE