Essays about: "voting participation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 54 essays containing the words voting participation.

  1. 16. News Media Usage, Political Interest and Political Participation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Xiaopeng Pang; [2020-08-19]
    Keywords : News media usage; political participation; political interest; age differences; regression analysis;

    Abstract : The discussion in this thesis focus on the relationship between news media usage and political participation. During the last several decades, many researchers have been worried about the decline of political participation, however, more and more opinions believe that political participation has not declined, but just transformed from traditional forms to new forms. READ MORE

  3. 17. In Democracy ‘We’ Trust? : Exploring the relationship between country of upbringing, levels of trust and voter turnout in Swedish local elections

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Simon Torell Witt; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis paper focuses on the association between levels of trust and voter turnout. Specifically, it examines the relationships between general and political trust and voter turnout and if these differ depending on whether a person and their mother had a foreign or Swedish upbringing. READ MORE

  4. 18. Political Knowledge of The European Union among Finnish Citizens and Its Effects to Political Participation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Rosa Pakarinen; [2020]
    Keywords : Political Participation; Political Knowledge; European Union; Finland; Democracy;

    Abstract : The discussion about what kind of standards are required from democratic citizens dates back to Ancient Greece, Aristotle, and Plato. Democracies require democratic citizens with specific knowledge, competences, and character to work properly (Galston, 2001, p.217). READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. Voting Women? : A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Electoral Systems on Women's Electoral Participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tora Dirke Lundberg; [2019]
    Keywords : women s electoral participation; electoral systems; gender gap;

    Abstract : The matter of a gender gap in electoral participation is a fact in many parts of the world but has mostly been investigated by, and studied within, the Global North. In spite of this, scholars have not reached an undisputed conclusion for why this is. READ MORE