Essays about: "what is a democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 351 essays containing the words what is a democracy.

  1. 1. Trading Democratic Rights for a Sense of Security : A Quantitative Study of Genders’ Effect on Swedes' Willingness to Limit Their Democratic Rights for Security

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Maja Rudin; [2024]
    Keywords : democracy; security; gender; Right Wing Authoritarianism; Sweden; authoritarianism.;

    Abstract : The stand of liberal democracy as the most desirable form of governance has long been left unquestioned in the West. The rise of geopolitical, and national, security issues force the population in these states to consider the trade off between security and democracy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Meeting in the middle - Qualitative study of the state of state innovation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Maral Batbaatar; Sofija Obradovic; [2024]
    Keywords : Innovation; Innovation in the public sector; Innovation process; Innovation adoption; Open government;

    Abstract : The research question "What are factors that affect adoption of innovation in the public sector?" was selected as the aim of this thesis to gain a conceptual understanding of an innovation adoption process. A qualitative study has been performed, with 17 interviewees from the Swedish public sector. READ MORE

  4. 3. Declining Democracy, a Case of Democratic Backsliding or Careening?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Clara Feikes de Groot; [2024]
    Keywords : Democratic decline; Visegrád Four; Democratic backsliding; Democratic careening; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Trends show a decline in democracy in the CEE region which has mostly been analyzed through the democratic backsliding paradigm. However, recent scholars have proposed another perspective for this trend, the careening paradigm. READ MORE

  5. 4. What do you mean: Well-Being or Human Development? : An analysis of the relationship between the concepts of well-being and human development, seen from the dimensions of Health, Education, and Material standard of living

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amanda Hjelt Löfstedt; [2024]
    Keywords : Well-Being; Human Development;

    Abstract : Well-being and human development are two concepts within the development debate that are often used as different but defined and operationalised in very similar ways. This has led to a diffuse differentiation between them, where it is unclear what we include in either concept, which can cause validity problems in e.g. READ MORE

  6. 5. DEMOCRACIES WITHOUT DEMOCRATS A quantitative study of citizens’ preferences for autocratic regimes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Petronella Ruben Hydén; [2023-12-06]
    Keywords : Autocratization; Autocracy; Outsider; Insider; Attitudes;

    Abstract : What decides whether a person prefers democracy or autocracy? Can the preference be narrowed down to one single influencing factor, or is it instead a combination of several phenomena that determines it? In order to understand the shifts in autocratic tendencies globally from a macro perspective, it is crucial to study the micro perspective behind it: individuals. This essay builds on previous research regarding citizens’ preference for different regime types to map out further why some people prefer autocracy over democracy. READ MORE