Essays about: "mainstream party"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 essays containing the words mainstream party.

  1. 16. Voter-Party Alignment : Explaining the rise of Swedish populism

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Johan Miyatani; [2020]
    Keywords : Populism; Mainstream; Alignment; Political party; Voter; Policy; Politics; Political preferences; Party priorities; Party support; voting behavior; Populism; Populistpartier; Mainstream; Mainstreampartier; politiska prioriteringar; politiska preferenser; partiers preferenser; röstare; röstningsbeteende;

    Abstract : Populism is on the rise, anti-globalism, nationalism, and xenophobia run rampant, andtraditional mainstream parties seem unable to curb the tide. Sweden is no exception, eventhough it in some cases seems like it should be, with the populist party the SwedenDemocrats gaining more support by each passing election. READ MORE

  3. 17. How do UK politicians respond to the climate emergency? : a critical discourse analysis of the Party Leaders’ Climate Debate

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Alice Wojcik; [2020]
    Keywords : critical discourse analysis; political debate; Channel 4 news; media analysis; environment; climate change;

    Abstract : Climate change has become a significant political priority in modern day election campaigns in the United Kingdom. Environmental issues are being discussed more openly and directly within society. READ MORE

  4. 18. More and more radical right on the issue of immigration? : A comparative analysis of ideas on the Conservative Party and UKIP, and their views on immigration after the Brexit referendum.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elin Leijon Thorell; [2020]
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    Abstract : How does the mainstream/centre right Conservative Party frame immigration in contrast to how the radical right UKIP frames immigration? Despite a lot of previous research on the two parties and their views on immigration, there is no clear answer to this question and to how similar the parties are after the Brexit referendum. As national populism is a fast growing movement within the Western World and due to the fact that there is a lack of research on these parties and their views on immigration after the Brexit referendum, this paper aims to do a comparative analysis of ideas on the Conservative Party´s and UKIP´s views on immigration. READ MORE

  5. 19. Populist Radical Right Parties into Parliament : Changes in mainstream parties’ political positions in parliamentary debates on immigration and refugees

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gustav Friis; [2020]
    Keywords : Discourse Network Analysis; Populist Radical Right Parties; Social Network Analysis; parliamentary debates; discourse coalitions; immigration; refugees.;

    Abstract : Do Populist Radical Right Parties have an impact on the attitudes of other parties? Despite drawing much attention from the general public as well as academics, there is no clear answer to this conundrum. In this paper I examine how mainstream political parties change their positions in parliamentary debates on immigration and refugees after Populist Radical Right Parties enter parliament. READ MORE

  6. 20. Smart Contracts, Insurtechs and the Future of Insurance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : John Scherrer; Abtin Salahshor; [2020]
    Keywords : Smart contracts; Blockchain; Insurance; Insurtech; Diffusion theory; Adoption barriers; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The insurance industry is notoriously conservative and has seen comparably few technological improvements in the last fifty years. A wave of new technology- driven insurance firms, or insurtechs, is changing that. READ MORE