Essays about: "electoral misconduct"

Found 2 essays containing the words electoral misconduct.

1. 1. Context Sensitive Civic Duty : An Experimental Study of how Corruption Affects both a Duty to Vote and a Duty to Abstain

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Simon Engström; [2021]
   Keywords : electoral turnout; voting; abstention; civic duty; civic duty to vote; civic duty to abstain; expressive voting; expressive non-voting; expressive abstention; rational choice; public choice; calculus of voting; utility maximization; rationality; Kant; kantianism;

   Abstract : In this thesis I explore a novel context sensitive conceptualisation of civic duty according to which the conduct (or misconduct) of elected officials affects whether eligible voters feel either a duty to vote (DTV) or a duty to abstain (DTA). Specifically, I argue that under conditions of corruption the norm of electoral accountability may override peoples’ sense of DTV in which case they instead feel a DTA. READ MORE

3. 2. The Inequality of Fraud. Exploring the effect of societal inequality on electoral misconduct.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Valeriya Mechkova; [2014-07-21]
   Keywords : inequality; electoral misconduct; elections; democratization;

   Abstract : The relationship between inequlity and democracy has been a subject to many academic studies. Yet no rigorous explanation has been offered about the connection between them. The present thesis engages in this debate by analyzing the effect of societal inequality on the democratic quality of elections. READ MORE