Essays about: "presidentialism"

Found 5 essays containing the word presidentialism.

  1. 1. The impact of the Pink-Tide extractive economic model on democracy: a comparative study of democratic performance in Argentina and Uruguay

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Daniel Hernan Benjamin Gamez; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; extractivism; Argentina; Uruguay; institutions;

    Abstract : The deteriorating quality of democracy in Latin America has been a debated issue for a long time. Numerous theories and authors have proposed different causes and reasons. READ MORE

  2. 2. Voting Women? : A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Electoral Systems on Women's Electoral Participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tora Dirke Lundberg; [2019]
    Keywords : women s electoral participation; electoral systems; gender gap;

    Abstract : The matter of a gender gap in electoral participation is a fact in many parts of the world but has mostly been investigated by, and studied within, the Global North. In spite of this, scholars have not reached an undisputed conclusion for why this is. READ MORE

  3. 3. PRESIDENTIALISM IN DEVELOPING DEMOCRACIES: A SOURCE FOR BAD GOVERNANCE? A quantitative study on the effect of presidentialism on corruption in developing democracies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Christoffer Larsson; [2017-07-07]
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    Abstract : Researchers within the field of political science have been analyzing the effects of legislative-executive relations for several decades and both parliamentarism and presidentialism have their critics and proponents. However, this topic needs revisiting, especially after Sri Lanka and Turkey recently experienced a shift in legislative-executive relations. READ MORE

  4. 4. Regions as Security Providers: The Evolution of the West African Regional Security Complex

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jan Persson; [2013]
    Keywords : West Africa; Regions; Security; Constructivism; Norms; Institutions; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the region in its role as a regional security provider through a within-case study of West Africa. The point of departure is on one hand that contemporary threats to international peace and security are increasingly regional, arising within states rather than from a global or out-of-region origin, and on the other hand that the regions among the world has become salient security providers. READ MORE

  5. 5. Does regional integration promote the consolidation of democracy within the Mercosur?

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Sandra Nilsson; [2007]
    Keywords : regional integration; democracy; Mercosur; neo-functionalism; presidentialism;

    Abstract : Mercosur, som i dag består av Argentina, Brasilien, Paraguay, Uruguay och Venezuela, bildades 1994 i ett försök att förstärka det ekonomiska samarbetet och befästa den omogna demokratin i regionen. Regionalt samarbete inleddes även i avsikt att öka stabilitet och säkerhet i regionen då samarbetet föddes ur askan av en instabil och nedbruten ekonomi. READ MORE