Essays about: "voting participation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words voting participation.
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1. A Hidden Voting Gap? : How the Interaction Between Income and Depression Affects Voting
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Depression has only in recent years been explored within political science, despite its deeply political causes and consequences. Previous research has found significantly lower political participation among people with depression and has especially focused on its negative effect on voting. READ MORE
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2. Blockchain-based e-voting system without digital ID: A Proof-of-Concept
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : Electronic voting systems have the potential to offer a cost effective, secure and transparent way of communicating with the citizens, increasing trust and participation. However creating a secure open source electronic voting system providing confidentiality and transparency with sufficient performance has long been a challenge. READ MORE
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3. Political Participation of non-EU immigrants : Decoding Immigrants’ Electoral Involvement in Sweden
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : This paper studies the political participation (electoral) among non-EU immigrants in Sweden, via various socio-demographic, motivational, and relational factors. The theoretical frame is based on Verba et al.'s Civic Voluntarism model and previous research. READ MORE
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4. Impact of gamification on employee motivation in situations of change in medium-size organisations in the United Kingdom.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskapAbstract : This thesis tries to provide a comparative study and complimentary data analysis into the effectiveness of game design patterns such as LEGO Serious Play, Leaderboards and Collective voting in terms of the impact that gamification has in change management framework. The study is looking at how gamification impacts employees from a motivational and engagement, in change management tasks, perspective. READ MORE
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5. Portraits of Participation : An interview study on the effects of social learning theory mechanisms on political participation
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : If democratic society is to avert the dire straits that may come from decreasing levels of political participation and civic engagement, all potential explanatory factors must be explored. The purpose of this paper is to i) elucidate how the modeling and self-efficacy mechanisms of social learning theory affect individuals’ decisions to participate politically or not, and ii) assess the applicability of the relatively unutilized social learning theory in studies on political socialization and participation, respectively. READ MORE