Essays about: "representative democracy"

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1. 1. Neoliberalism And The Swedish Model : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Crises facing the Swedish Rental Housing Market

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

   Author : Carolina Sandström; [2023]
   Keywords : ”Swedish rental housing market”; ”rent increase”; ”neoliberalism”; Critical Discourse Analysis”; ”collective negotiation system”; ”rental housing”;

   Abstract : This study utilises Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine media discourses on rent increases in the Swedish rental housing market and their reflection of crises within neoliberal regimes. Proceeding from newspaper articles from Dagens Nyheter, the largest newspaper in Sweden, two separate time periods are analysed, with one functioning as a control group. READ MORE

3. 2. In-depth Analysis of the Presence of Aboriginals in National Politics : Political Predicament of Taiwanese Indigenous People

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Xuan Dong; [2023]
   Keywords : Indigenous people; Taiwanese; Aboriginals; Aboriginal identity; Recognition; Multiculturalism; Post colonialism; Representative democracy; Deliberative democracy;

   Abstract : Inspired by the barriers to social integration between aboriginals and non-indigenous people in Taiwan, as well as the limitations of representation and participation in national politics, and extending to turn deeply to aboriginal identity recognition and related movements, this dissertation adopts liberalism as grand background and takes scholarly scientific theory constructivism to illustrate the meanings and applicability of discourse analysis method in order to investigate textual materials notably official documents including the Constitution and Acts, press releases as well as academic articles about how those materials describe indigenous peoples. Additionally, through the deployment of practical theories such as (post) colonialism, multiculturalism, representative democracy and deliberative democracy to interpret social and political facts in Taiwan. READ MORE

4. 3. Is EU policy taken out of competition? – A newspaper analysis of government-opposition conflict in Swedish EU politics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hassan El-Saghir; [2023]
   Keywords : opposition; EU policy; representative democracy; the cartel party thesis; policy alternatives; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the level of conict in the media between the government and the opposition at dierent time periods, and specically regarding EU policies. Opposition towards policy is a crucial ingredient in democratic systems of government that do not only allow the people to send dierent personalities to represent them in government, but rather dierent policy agendas that are, in the end, implemented in their name. READ MORE

5. 4. Citizen involvement in urban and regional planning processes : Mapping the current situation and assessing future opportunities for Swedish municipalities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Maria Alsterskär; [2023]
   Keywords : citizen involvement; citizen dialogue; social sustainability; planning processes; digital involvement;

   Abstract : Historically, citizen dialogue primarily took place through face-to-face meetings with a limited representation of the target group. However, societal changes have sparked interest in exploring alternative forms of citizen involvement. READ MORE

6. 5. Local Patriotism and the Emergence of UrbanSocial Movements : A case study of referendums from below in a postmaterialist society

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Faris Henry Gergis; [2023]
   Keywords : Local patriotism; sub-national referendums; referendums from below; urban social movements; political participation; trust in local government; Folkinitiativet för Flygplatsens Framtid.;

   Abstract : Referendums are enigmatic in their sense as consolidating— or erosive tools of representative democracy; nonetheless, an upswing in the referenda from below was recently highlighted in the literature. Thus, how local referendums from below are mobilized and whether they affect trust in local government is a significant question to be answered, which mandates bridging social movements to tools of deliberative democracy. READ MORE