Essays about: "factors affect political participation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words factors affect political participation.

  1. 6. Master’s Thesis: 30 higher education credits Programme: Master’s Programme in Political Science Date: 05/22/2018 Supervisor: Georgios Xezonakis, PhD Words: 15016 INDIVIDUAL HETEROGENEITY IN CORRUPTION VOTING How External Political Efficacy Shapes Electoral Responses to Corruption

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Valentin Daur; [2018-06-21]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Corruption poses a serious challenge to democratic accountability as electoral punishment of corrupt incumbents remains limited and varies considerably across contexts. Moreover, the empirical evidence indicates that widespread corruption leads citizens to ‘exit’ options, such as abstention from the electoral process. READ MORE

  2. 7. Welfare Attitudes, Political Trust and Its Determinants in Sweden

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

    Author : Seong Ho Lee; [2018]
    Keywords : welfare attitude; welfare state; political trust; European Social Survey; Korea; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Korea is characterized by the state's low responsibility for welfare provision and low political trust, while Sweden exemplifies a welfare state with universal welfare provision and high political trust. These characteristics in Sweden arouse interest in the question of whether political trust is causally linked to welfare attitudes and what factors influence political trust. READ MORE

  3. 8. Green policy change – How passing significant electoral thresholds affects the nuclear power policy of green parties

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rickard Allreke Wählhammar; [2017]
    Keywords : Green parties; Policy change; Electoral thresholds; Nuclear power; Coalition government; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : During the last decades, green parties have gone from small protest parties with an origin in the new social movements to governmental participants. Existing research has been done on how these changes have affected their internal organization, but none have been done on how it affects their policy. With a starting-point in Mogens N. READ MORE

  4. 9. Promise and Reality of Decentralization: The Case of Farmers’ Access to Agricultural Advisory Services in the Sunyani Municipality of Ghana.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Prince Young Aboagye; [2015]
    Keywords : Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Extension Agents; Funding; Accountability; Stakeholder Participation; Institutional Capacity; Relevance; Access; Availability; Nkrankrom; Abesim; Kuffuor Camp; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores the extent to which decentralization has affected farmers’ access to agricultural advisory services in the Sunyani Municipality of Ghana. Specifically, it focuses on how political and organizational factors, which are intermediate outcomes of decentralization, affect the availability and relevance of advisory services. READ MORE

  5. 10. Is there an impact of Foreign Direct Investments on gender equality? A study of female employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Jönsson; [2015]
    Keywords : female labour force participation; female employment; gender; Latin America and the Caribbean; Foreign Direct Investments; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a part of the globalization process, a process increasing all over the world. These investments affect people, both in the home economy and the host economy. People in the host economy are, due to several aspects, affected in different ways. One of those aspects is gender. READ MORE