Essays about: "electoral conflict"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words electoral conflict.

  1. 1. Social Cleavages, Conflict, and the Fates of Autocratic Regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Teodor Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Autocracy; dictatorship; social cleavage; economic inequality; ethnic cleavage; conflict; non-state conflict; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This article focuses on two specific social cleavages, ethnic and economic inequality and analyses their respective effects within autocratic regimes. The primary mechanism that was tested was the relationship between these two, and non-state conflict, (defined as a conflict with more than 25 combat fatalities, and the state not directly taking part). READ MORE

  3. 2. Peace - What Is It Good For?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mikael Bjuremalm; [2022]
    Keywords : Peaceocracy; Kenya; electoral violence; hybrid regimes; peace and conflict studies; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The use of peace narratives in order to delegitimize political opposition has been observed in electoral autocracies. One such case was in Kenya in 2013, which gave rise to the theory of peaceocracy. READ MORE

  4. 3. ELECTORAL GENDER QUOTAS AND WOMEN’S SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION IN THE POST-WAR CONTEXT : A Comparative Analysis of The Effects of Women’s Rights Provisions In Peace Agreements on Quota-Outcomes in Nepal and Angola

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Johanna Ljung; [2022]
    Keywords : post-war; peace processes; peace agreements; electoral gender quotas; affirmative action; women’s political representation; women’s rights; women’s substantive representation; Nepal; Angola.;

    Abstract : Following conflict, peace agreements bring an opportunity to profoundly change societal structures and add to women’s empowerment. Using affirmative action tools like electoral gender quotas, women’s numerical presence, or descriptive representation, has more than doubled since the 1995 Beijing Declaration. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Cleavages, Conflict, and the Fates of Autocratic Regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Teodor Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Autocracy; social cleavage; economic inequality; ethnic cleavage; conflict; non-state conflict; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This article focuses on two specific social cleavages, ethnic and economic inequality and analyses their respective effects within autocratic regimes. The primary mechanism that was tested was the relationship between these two, and non-state conflict, (defined as a conflict with more than 25 combat fatalities, and the state not directly taking part). READ MORE

  6. 5. A Decentralized Voting System

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Fahmi Abdulqadir Ahmed; Gustaf Engström; Omar Hindawi; Tom Tobiasson; Melker Veltman; Oskar Wallgren; [2020-10-30]
    Keywords : Decentralized; Voting; Election; Blockchain; Hyperledger; Sawtooth; Consensus; Transaction Processor; Distributed Systems;

    Abstract : The target of the project "A Decentralized Voting System" is to investigate whether recent developments in distributed systems can make a decentralized voting system capable of replacing the current systems in place. The current voting systems that are taken into account are primarily democratic electoral voting systems, such as the Swedish national electoral voting system. READ MORE