Essays about: "coalition formation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words coalition formation.

  1. 1. Gendered Advocacy Coalitions in Estonia and Lithuania: A Comparative Study about the (non-)Ratification of the Istanbul Convention

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrietta Tegler; [2024]
    Keywords : Istanbul Convention; Estonia; Lithuania; Gendered Advocacy Coalitions; Women’s Rights.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, was ratified by the European Union in 2023. However, five member states have not yet ratified. READ MORE

  2. 2. The spark of a movement - A study of an online collective acts potentiality to grow into a social movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Maryan Yusuf; [2021]
    Keywords : Sarah Everard; social movement; online; collective action; collective identity; organisation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Social movements have become an integrated component in our western society with almost every contested issue having a social movement associated to it, on at least one side of the debate. When we think of social movements in practice, we might picture rallies and marches, chants, and demonstrations but with the emergence of social media more and more activists and movement adherents have moved to the online forums and are utilizing social medias features to quickly spread their messages and to easier mobilize. READ MORE

  3. 3. A Theoretical Approach to Government Formation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Julian Jönsson; [2021]
    Keywords : coalition bargaining; constitutional law; government formation; office; policy;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how to theoretically explain the government formed after the 2018 Swedish election, based on an adjusted version of a government formation model set up by Bassi (2016). More specifically, the aim is to clarify how the parties' preferences for office and policy affected the government formation process. READ MORE

  4. 4. Coalition formation during turbulence : A large-n study examining the effects of economic and political instability on government-coalition formation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stina Lindgren; [2020]
    Keywords : coalition; coalition formation; turbulence; economic turbulence; political turbulence; VIX; government; government formation; coalition-formation theory;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the effects of economic and political turbulence on coalition-formation across 37 EU and OECD democracies. Utilizing the existing potential-coalitions research, it analyzes how increases in turbulence affect common variables predicted to determine which coalitions are chosen of all potential cabinets following an election. READ MORE

  5. 5. Reclaiming the Homeland - A Case Study of The Gambian Diaspora

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

    Author : Jankeh Jobe; [2018]
    Keywords : Diasporas; The Gambia; Social Movement Theory; Political Mobilization;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to analyse the role of the Gambian diaspora activists in Gambian politics particularly during the December 1st, 2016, Presidential election in which the long-time dictator Yahya Jammeh was defeated by the less experienced and known Adama Barrow. Despite an extensive mobilization effort over the past twenty-two years, spanning across continents, the fragile and disorganized Gambian diaspora has been unable to exert influence in Gambian politics due to unfavourable domestic conditions such as the unwillingness of the opposition to unite as well as state repression. READ MORE