Essays about: "electoral reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words electoral reform.

  1. 1. Women’s representation in local governance: A case study on the effects of quota implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Wigren; [2023]
    Keywords : Sri Lanka; quota; electoral reform; women’s substantive representation; politics of presence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A qualitative case study set in Colombo, Sri Lanka focusing on women’s representation in local governance. The essay follows the aftermath of the country’s newly implemented electoral reform, which since 2018 resulted in a mixed- member-proportional electoral system with a gender quota. READ MORE

  3. 2. Crisis of representation and the opportunity for change: A case study of women’s representation in Chile between 2015-2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albin Lundholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Chile; constitution; women’s representation; gender quotas; institutional trust.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a descriptive case study of the institutional measures to improve women’s representation in Chile between 2015 and 2022. Women in Chile have historically been underrepresented because of two institutions introduced by former dictator Pinochet: the 1980 constitution and the binomial electoral system. READ MORE

  4. 3. HOW DEMOCRACY BACKSLIDES. Tracing the Pathway in Turkey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zekeriya Alperen Bedirhan; [2022-06-17]
    Keywords : democratic backsliding; politicization; clientelism; patronage system; reform avoidance; authoritarian legacy;

    Abstract : Democratic backsliding is a gradual process that negatively affects the countries in terms of democracy. The different levels of democracies can face a number of challenges as a result of democratic backsliding and this is due to various factors. For this thesis, the main aim is to find the variables which affect the Turkish case. READ MORE

  5. 4. Navigating EU Norms : A Case Study of Norm Resistance in Georgia's Electoral Reform Process

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Bibbi Pehrson; [2021]
    Keywords : normative power; EU; Eastern Partnership; norm resistance; rhetorical adaptations; Georgia; electoral reform;

    Abstract : EU’s international role as a normative power can be questioned as the current foreign policy of the Eastern Partnership implies a limit to the union’s ability to democratize. An alignment with EU norms is often seen through a dichotomy of compliance or non-compliance, overlooking other forms of resistance stemming from a nexus of international compliance pressure, and defiance pressure from hybrid regime structures. READ MORE

  6. 5. Does the electoral law affect the voter’s turnout? The Italian case

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/UCFS

    Author : Nicola Vianello; [2020]
    Keywords : political economy; turnout; elections; synthetic; Italy;

    Abstract : In this thesis I study the effects of the Italian electoral reform of 2005 on the voter turnout, as the data shows a steeper fall in the level of turnout after that year. In particular, I claim that a specific component of the electoral law – the majority prize – is responsible for the fall in the turnout in the years following the reform, due to a distortion in the representative mechanism of the vote, as it leads a different weight in the assignment of the parliamentary seats for each preference. READ MORE