Essays about: "electorate"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 35 essays containing the word electorate.
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26. EFFECTS OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE CAMPAIGNING ON SWEDISH VOTERS’. Experimental evidence from a real election campaign context.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : It is often presumed that negative campaigning has negative effects on the electorate. For example, this campaign strategy is presumed to suppress political participation, decrease trust in politicians and contribute to cynicism. READ MORE
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27. Goverment Driven e-Participation : The Case of "Urna de Cristal in the Colombian Context
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : This thesis studies government driven e-participation in the context of Colombia using the case of “Urna de Cristal” (Crystal Ballot box). Making use of three theoretical models it intends to answer the main research question that is: How does the government driven tool of “Urna de Cristal” relate to the concepts of participatory democracy, e-empowerment and sustainable e-participation? This research collects mainly qualitative data, collected from government representatives, civil society organizations and citizens. READ MORE
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28. A crucial watershed in Southern Rhodesian politics : The 1961 Constitutional process and the 1962 General Election
University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : The thesis examines the political development in Southern Rhodesia 1960-1962 when two processes, the 1961 Constitutional process and the 1962 General Election, had far-reaching consequences for the coming twenty years. It builds on a hypothesis that the Constitutional process led to a radicalisation of all groups, the white minority, the African majority and the colonial power. READ MORE
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29. Regionalism and Political Institutions in South Korea : Towards democratic consolidation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This thesis aims to examine how regionalism affects the performance of South Korean political institutions. My argument is that different electoral climates present different incentives to political leaders and that these incentives affect their regime performance, contributing to the formation of a specific political culture, more or less favorable to the consolidation of democracy. READ MORE
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30. Political representation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This is a Minor Field Study (MFS) which is a scholarship financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It was conducted in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa in 2007/2008. READ MORE
