Essays about: "democracy and civil society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 146 essays containing the words democracy and civil society.

1. 1. Echoes of Democracy : Assessing Democratic Values in African Civil Society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Signe Andersson; [2024]
   Keywords : Civil society; Democratic values; Democracy;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the level of democratic values differs between active members of different civil society organizations. Civil society has been considered a fundamental aspect of democracy and research have highlighted that some organizational characteristics are associated with democratization and sustainable democracy. READ MORE

3. 2. A Captured and Divided Civil Society : A Study of Democracy and Civil Society in Central Eastern Europe

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ida Hedkvist; [2024]
   Keywords : democracy; democratic backsliding; civil society; polarization; pernicious polarization; civil society capture;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the interplay between pernicious polarization, autonomy of civil society - here called civil society capture, and liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe from 2006 to 2020. In the absence of prior time-series data on pernicious polarization and civil society capture, this study built and analysed a dataset of these variables across the region, testing six hypotheses. READ MORE

4. 3. How democratic backsliding impacts security and development in El Salvador

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Joel Claesson; Mohammed Alizadeh; [2024]
   Keywords : Security and Development nexus; Democratic backsliding; Democracy; Development;

   Abstract : The security and development nexus outlines the interdependence between security and development, this theoretical framework has been used in peacebuilding efforts around the world and the idea of the concept is that both security and development reinforce each other, more security is expected to create more development and vice versa. If a society is riddled with poverty and economic despair, insecurity will follow as a result, and likewise an economy will not be able to grow and flourish if a secure environment is not applied. READ MORE

5. 4. FROM AID TO EMPOWERMENT Evaluating the Impact of Democracy Assistance on Civil Society across 128 countries from 2005 to 2021

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Marike Blanken; [2023-06-20]
   Keywords : aid effectiveness; civil society; democracy assistance; democratisation; authoritarian regimes;

   Abstract : Civil society organisations (CSOs) are key players in democratisation processes. Consequently, a substantial part of foreign democracy assistance is directed at promoting civil society in recipient countries. A growing body of research indicates that support for democratisation is linked to higher levels of democracy. READ MORE

6. 5. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

   Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE