Essays about: "democratic institutions state"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 53 essays containing the words democratic institutions state.

  1. 11. State-building in the post-2001 era in Afghanistan : A deep dive in the chaotic reality of the war-torn nation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Christos Papadopoulos; [2020]
    Keywords : State-building; legitimacy; capacity; security; Taliban; warlords; Afghanistan;

    Abstract : Abstract The aim of this essay was to examine the complicated process of state-building in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. This was done by using a theory-consuming case study and utilizing Charles T. Call theory on state-building and his three gaps: capacity, security and legitimacy. READ MORE

  3. 12. Relations of Power and Democratic Accountability in Investor-State Arbitration

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Mohlin; [2020]
    Keywords : International investment law; public international law; international economic law; investor-state arbitration; investor-state dispute settlement; ISDS; investment arbitration; international arbitration; accountability; democratic accountability; Michel Foucault; Foucault; folkrätt; internationell investeringsrätt; internationell ekonomisk rätt;

    Abstract : International investment agreements largely cover today’s transnational investments. These agreements confer certain substantive rights to foreign investors while simultaneously obliging host-states to act in a given manner so as to not interfere with the investments. READ MORE

  4. 13. Institutional Misalignment : Clientelism and Political (in)Stability in Democracies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Raattamaa; [2020]
    Keywords : clientelism; political stability; democracy; violent challenges; informal institution; coup d état; elections; time-series; linear probability model;

    Abstract : How does the level of clientelistic distribution effect the risk of violent challenges towards the state in democracies? The relationship between democracy and violent conflict has been extensively tested, with diverging results. Utilizing time-series data from 162 independent democratic states ranging from 1946 to 2018, the relationship is here tested by separating the informal institutions of democracy from the formal. READ MORE

  5. 14. "We fight hard to make sure that we bring peace" - A study of women's organisations and peacebuilding in Liberia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Matilda Halling; [2019]
    Keywords : peacebuilding; peace; building; women s organisations; Liberia;

    Abstract : Since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000 it has become a frequently repeated argument that the participation of women makes peacebuilding processes more sustainable. Women’s involvement in peacebuilding is often connected to a long-term perspective, despite this little research have been carried out to examine how long-term peacebuilding is exercised in practise, leaving the understanding of the concept incomplete. READ MORE

  6. 15. Troubled winds from the South: The impact of large-scale wind energy projects on indigenous communities in Oaxaca

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jorge Hinojosa Garza; [2019]
    Keywords : Oaxaca; wind energy; environmental justice; climate change; sustainability science; Mexico; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The expansion of large-scale wind energy projects in the name of climate change mitigation has led to numerous social conflicts in Oaxaca. The Mexican government has put forward environmental policies that envision 35% of the national electricity to be generated by renewable sources in 2024. READ MORE