Essays about: "elite capture"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words elite capture.
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6. Examining the populist form of representation : The case of Podemos
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the Spanish left-wing party Podemos and their populist way of expressing politics. There is a vast empirical literature which tries to capture the different elements of populist parties. This thesis seeks to go beyond this, through examining populism as a form of representation. READ MORE
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7. Sex differences and multiplexity in Swedish local elite networks
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : This study discovers sex differences in multiplex links on formal and informal networks of Swedish local elite. Elites are widely known to have an immense influence on a country’s politics and governance, and proportional representation of women in elite positions is an indicator of democratization and gender equality. READ MORE
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8. The Elite Choice : ’Unpacking the elite’ in Mukungule Chiefdom, Zambia
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Community-based natural resource management has been advocated for by many scholar and environmentalists to improve natural resources management, equity, and justice for local people. However, its implementation on the ground does not always reach the intended goal. READ MORE
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9. By whose rules, for whose needs? The power of elites, livelihood implications and potential for resistance in two Nepalese community forest user groups
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : The Nepalese community forestry program entitles user groups to autonomously manage their forest within the confines of an officially approved operational plan. While widely considered a conservation success, recent discourses on elite capture, professionalization and recentralization question the program’s anticipated social outcomes. READ MORE
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10. On the Road to Better Governance. The “Middle Class Particularism” and Quality of Government
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis merges two large bodies of literature – that concerned with the effect of regime type on institutional quality, and research on the middle classes’ effects on economy and society at large. With the purpose of providing an answer to: How the size of the middle class affects Quality of Government, and if the size of middle class is a determinant for democracy’s impact on Quality of Government? I provide a theoretical framework that outlines a “middle class particularism” in terms of their demand of Quality of Government, which differentiates the middle class from both the rich and the poor. READ MORE
