Essays about: "free and fair elections"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words free and fair elections.
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1. The Persistence of Support for the Ruling Party in Singapore: A Study of Competitive Authoritarianism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the reasons behind the continuation of legitimisation for the ruling party in Singapore, despite its undemocratic practices. The main hypothesis is that the ruling party has effectively utilised competitive authoritarianism, which involves the use of manipulation and repression to maintain control over the public and convince or pressure them to vote for the party. READ MORE
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2. An evaluation of last digit-based test as a tool for electoral fraud detection
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : In the pursuit of developing reliable tools for electoral fraud detection, tools that use statistical analysis have become very popular. Specifically, methods of digits pattern analysis, of election results, based on observations such as ‘Benford’s law’ have been deemed especially promising tools in electoral fraud detection. READ MORE
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3. E-voting: Is it a Solution for Central Africa? A case of the Cameroon Electoral Process
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärandeAbstract : Empirical evidence suggests that election malpractices are a common feature in most third world electoral systems. As a result, many of these nations are adopting e-voting to conduct free, fair and transparent elections as opposed to the paper ballot system. READ MORE
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4. The Utility of the Emerging Right to Democratic Governance in a Mobile World
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis seeks to investigate whether the emerging right to democratic governance, as conceptualised by Thomas Franck, is of any use to the large numbers of migrants within and arriving to the EU. Focusing on Europe, it does this by assessing whether the right can be considered a human right, using the lens of universality and inalienability: it assesses whether migrants still have the right to democratic governance once they leave their country of citizenship. READ MORE
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5. Towards Democratic Consolidation in the Free African Countries?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : There are currently only six countries in Africa that can be considered as free. However, none of them are yet democratically consolidated. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine what issues remains to be dealt with for these countries to become democratically consolidated. READ MORE
