Essays about: "representative democracies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words representative democracies.

1. 1. The Popular Response to the Ageing Crisis: A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Effects of Demographic Ageing on Individuals’ Support for Welfare State Policy in 13 Advanced Democracies (1996-2016)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Oskar Pettersson; [2020]
   Keywords : demographic ageing; dependency ratio; welfare state attitudes; spending preferences; social investment; TSCS; pseudo-panel; cross-level interaction; intergenerational cleavages;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between demographic ageing, as captured by temporal, within-country variation in the ratio of elderly to the working-age population – the dependency ratio – on citizens’ support for the welfare state. The research problem is vitally relevant considering the worsening demographic structure of advanced democracies, a process that is having considerable ramifications on the possibilities of financing comprehensive welfare states. READ MORE

3. 2. DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION FOR PUBLIC GOODS How democracies create conditions for provisions of public goods

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Viktor Eklöf Eriksson; [2019-08-29]
   Keywords : Public goods; democracy; preference aggregation; representation; climate change mitigation;

   Abstract : Purpose. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if it is reasonable that democracies create conditions for provisions of public goods. Democracies are argued to create conditions for public goods provisions by aggregating citizens preferences through representation. READ MORE

4. 3. Youth Political Participation in the Midst of the South Africa General Elections : A Case Study Analysis in the Langa Township

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Jamie Kerr; [2019]
   Keywords : Youth Political Participation;

   Abstract : Declining youth political participation among democracies has been a major issue and a widely researched debate in recent years. Most research has targeted youth in democracies in general but has failed to acknowledge the youth living in poverty such as those living in South African townships. READ MORE

5. 4. UNDER PRESSURE: DEMOCRATIC MANDATES AND POLICY OUTCOMES IN TURBULENT TIMES. EVIDENCE FROM GREECE

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Natsika Natsika; [2018-04-26]
   Keywords : representative democracies; crises; economic crises; pledge fulfilment; election promises; Greece; Great Recession;

   Abstract : To what extent do political parties under conditions of extraordinary pressure manage to fulfill the promises they made at elections? While systematic evidence from an international context points to parties under ‘stable’ times fulfilling high levels of election pledges (Thomson et el., 2017), research and knowledge in contexts of crisis is lacking. READ MORE

6. 5. The Survival of Political Parties in Consolidating Democracies: A Qualitative Case Study of Zambian Political Parties 1991-2015

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Aaron Wiza Siwale; [2016-07-01]
   Keywords : Intra-party democracy; Leadership selection; Survival; Political parties; Consolidating democracies; Party Institutionalization; Zambia;

   Abstract : The Third Wave of Democratization brought with it strong ideals of representative democracy. This meant that countries had to create political parties as vehicles of electoral democracy through which people would constantly participate in political processes. READ MORE