Essays about: "vote-buying"

Found 5 essays containing the word vote-buying.

  1. 1. Media Framing of the Legitimacy of Nigerian Elections in Relation to Stomach Infrastructure

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Stanley Aghator; Sarah Kontim Moussa; [2023]
    Keywords : Nigeria elections; Vote-buying; Media framing; Election legitimacy;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to explore the media framing of Nigeria’s 2023 election in relation to votebuying: How did the Nigerian print media portray the legitimacy of the 2023 election in relation to vote-buying? In addressing the research question, Entman’s (1993) framing theory is used. For identifying the themes and patterns around the framing of the election Entman’s four questions, defining the problems, diagnosing causes, making moral judgments, and treatment recommendations, in connection with the existing literature on vote buying are employed. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Offer Africa Can't Refuse? A Disaggregated Analysis of Chinese Vote Buying and African Debt Pressures in The UN

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Eric Axdorph; Filip Mark; [2019]
    Keywords : development finance; debt sustainability; China; Africa; UN General Assembly;

    Abstract : Since the "Go Out Policy" in 1999, China has rapidly become one of the largest aid donors in Africa. Many scholars, politicians and journalists have raised the question if there are ulterior motives to this other than Chinese altruism. One common criticism of China is that they use development finance to get more support in foreign affairs. READ MORE

  4. 3. Migration and Political Engagement in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : David Sims; [2015]
    Keywords : urbanism; education; vote-buying; democracy; demonstrations; politics; migration; Isan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis describes how the migration of people from Isan, the northeastern region of Thailand to Bangkok have allowed them to ‘learn the rules of the [political] game’ (Bourdieu, 1990), and make increasingly vociferous political claims. The thesis describes the political diversity, and the political impacts of migration found within Ubon Ratchathani province, in Village Ban, Amphoe Mueang, and among current migrants from there who are living in Bangkok. READ MORE

  5. 4. Governance, Politics and Corruption: An Inquiry on Electoral Corruption in Jamaica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Olivera Bogicevic; [2012]
    Keywords : Governance; good governance; corruption; political corruption; electoral corruption; Jamaica; political tribalism; garrison politics; patron-client relationship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis will study the notions of governance and corruption and thereby apply it to the case of Jamaica in order to understand how political corruption weakens the country´s governmental legitimacy and principles of democracy. Seeing that corruption is a symbol for the disintegration of state power, it is argued that corruption distorts development of political, social and economic institutions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Political participation: demographical factors and electoral turnout in the districts of Bogotá, Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Annika Wilhelmson; [2011]
    Keywords : demographical factors; electoral turnout; blank ballots; vote buying; political corruption; Bogotá; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Everybody can take part in democratic election by giving a vote on the candidate most suited for the task. Still, many choose not to. The non-voters are rarely randomly spread out in an urban area but form geographical patterns. READ MORE