Essays about: "democracy aims"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 227 essays containing the words democracy aims.

  1. 1. Democracy and Controversial Issues: Preparing students to become global citizens

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Sofie Sandell; Neha Sharma; [2024-03-20]
    Keywords : demokrati; kontroversiella frågor; skolutveckling; ledarskap; democracy; controversial issues; school management; leadership;

    Abstract : In an attempt to make tomorrow's generation more democratic and critically aware, Skolverket has given clear instructions of including discussions related to controversial issues in classroom teachings. The thesis has both teachers’ and students’ perspectives of how conscious they are about using this tool. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Declining Democracy, a Case of Democratic Backsliding or Careening?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Clara Feikes de Groot; [2024]
    Keywords : Democratic decline; Visegrád Four; Democratic backsliding; Democratic careening; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Trends show a decline in democracy in the CEE region which has mostly been analyzed through the democratic backsliding paradigm. However, recent scholars have proposed another perspective for this trend, the careening paradigm. READ MORE

  5. 4. DEMOCRACIES WITHOUT DEMOCRATS A quantitative study of citizens’ preferences for autocratic regimes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Petronella Ruben Hydén; [2023-12-06]
    Keywords : Autocratization; Autocracy; Outsider; Insider; Attitudes;

    Abstract : What decides whether a person prefers democracy or autocracy? Can the preference be narrowed down to one single influencing factor, or is it instead a combination of several phenomena that determines it? In order to understand the shifts in autocratic tendencies globally from a macro perspective, it is crucial to study the micro perspective behind it: individuals. This essay builds on previous research regarding citizens’ preference for different regime types to map out further why some people prefer autocracy over democracy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Environmental Activism- a Threatening Outside? A Discourse Analysis of a Non-violent Civil Disobedience Protest in Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Kandra Wahlgren Eales; [2023-11-08]
    Keywords : securitisation; discourse analysis; non-violent civil disobedience; poststructuralism; hegemony; deliberative democracy; neoliberalism;

    Abstract : This study examines the identity construction of environmental activists in discourse following a political protest in Stockholm, Sweden. More specifically it aims to understand how environmental activists have been subjected to securitisation, and what underlying ideology supports this perception. READ MORE