Essays about: "electorate"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the word electorate.

  1. 6. DEMOCRACY OF ARCHITECTURE An Exploration of the Lack of Democratic Responsiveness in Contemporary Urban Architectural Styles

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Hågemark; [2022-01-26]
    Keywords : Responsiveness; Architecture; Democracy; Architectural Style; Urban Development;

    Abstract : A key feature of democracy is responsiveness: that the political decisions respond to the will of the electorate. Previous studies show that most people tend to prefer Classical and classical inspired architecture in urban environments. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Art of the Political Metaphor : Examining Boris Johnson's use of conceptual metaphors in a speech on Brexit

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Rickard Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Metaphor; Brexit; Boris Johnson; Conceptual metaphor theory; Framing;

    Abstract : As the 2016 Brexit referendum was an election largely decided by the use of language, there was merit in examining how the Leave campaign had managed to be successful. Therefore, this study asks how one of the leave campaign's main figure heads, Boris Johnson, used metaphors to frame the relationship between Britain and the EU. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Dissatisfied Right:A Micro-Level Analysis of Political Dissatisfaction in Supporters of the Populist Radical Right in Rural East Germany

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Franziska Höhne; [2021-10-14]
    Keywords : political dissatisfaction; populism; PRR; electorate; AfD; east Germany;

    Abstract : Contemporary election results of the populist radical right (PRR) reveal significant spatial variation of PRR support within countries. To a large extent, this variation is believed to be based on local and regional differences within the PRR’s electorate, which calls for the inclusion of micro-level analyses in our study of the PRR. READ MORE

  5. 9. Mainstreaming the Sweden Democrats - mapping changes and continuities in party ideology 1989-2019 through discourse analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Mikaela Kriss; [2021]
    Keywords : radical right; Sweden Democrats; GAL-TAN; flexibility; normalisation; authoritarianism; trygghet; people’s home; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Much academic literature has explained the success of radical right parties across Europe in the last few decades through the increased importance of the sociocultural, conceptualised as the GAL-TAN, or libertarian-authoritarian, scale. The late rise of the Sweden Democrats, long considered an exception to the rule, as a successful radical right party, has attracted some academic interest and various explanations on what may have caused this sudden success. READ MORE

  6. 10. Why here and why now? A case study of the electoral success and failure of populist parties in Spain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elfva Barrio; [2021]
    Keywords : populism; ideational approach; demand-side factors; supply-side factors; Spain; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate what causes the electoral success of different subtypes of populism through the ideational approach. Through a case study of Spain, the thesis examines the demand-side and supply-side factors that, together, favour the emergence of populist parties. READ MORE