Essays about: "radical democracy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words radical democracy.

1. 6. Implications of Populism on the European Union Immigration Legislation : Evidence from the Legislation adopted and implemented during the Eighth European Parliament (2014-2019)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : María Belén Silva Campos; [2022]
   Keywords : Populist radical right parties; European Parliament; immigration; legislation; refugee crisis.;

   Abstract : Populism is a phenomenon that impacts not only nation-states and their institutions but also the institutions of international-supranational organizations. This is the case of the European Union, where populist radical right parties (PRRPs) – the most predominant type of populism in Europe – reached the Parliament in 1984, consolidated in 2014, and have since then participated in the debates about the European legislation. READ MORE

3. 7. The Dissatisfied Right:A Micro-Level Analysis of Political Dissatisfaction in Supporters of the Populist Radical Right in Rural East Germany

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Franziska Höhne; [2021-10-14]
   Keywords : political dissatisfaction; populism; PRR; electorate; AfD; east Germany;

   Abstract : Contemporary election results of the populist radical right (PRR) reveal significant spatial variation of PRR support within countries. To a large extent, this variation is believed to be based on local and regional differences within the PRR’s electorate, which calls for the inclusion of micro-level analyses in our study of the PRR. READ MORE

4. 8. Carbon tax efficiency : What elevates it, and what undermines it?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Amanda Van den Tempel Almaas; Gustav Hillgren; [2021]
   Keywords : Carbon tax efficiency; Carbon emissions; Nordic countries; OECD-members; Pigouvian tax; Difference-in-difference method.;

   Abstract : The radical rise of global temperatures has put high pressure on the environment, leading to societal pressure towards politicians to reverse the trend. In light of this environmental crisis, economists all over the world agree that carbon taxes are the most cost-effective instrument for reducing carbon emissions. READ MORE

5. 9. Technological Salvation or Orwellian Panopticon? : A Case Study on Social Labelling, Governance, and Social Control in China´s Social Credit System

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Fredrik Ragnell; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Labelling; China; Social Credit System; Governance; Social Control;

   Abstract : The international governance discourse has seen radical changes in both trends and understandings in recent years, from the global dominance of liberal democracy after the Cold War, to the current movement towards authoritarianism. The modern autocracy has progressed its reach by the use of new applications in technology, which has resulted in a digital authoritarianism, also known as E-governance. READ MORE

6. 10. Does climate change justify a global epistocracy?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Samuel Malm; [2020]
   Keywords : climate change; epistocracy; democracy; political authority;

   Abstract : In this paper, I will argue that given a choice between a global epistocracy and a global democracy, we ought to choose epistocracy. The reason for this is the need for stopping the ongoing climatic change that will cause a massive amount of suffering and death. READ MORE