Search for dissertations about: "political elites"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words political elites.
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1. Conditions for Corruption : Institutions, Executive Power, and Privatization in Argentina and Chile in the 1990s
Abstract : The question posed in this dissertation is why high-level corruption has been less widespread in Chile than in Argentina. It explores the hypothesis that political-institutional conditions have made Chile less vulnerable to high-level corruption than its neighbor. READ MORE
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2. Leetocracy : Political participation, social network sites and inequality
Abstract : This dissertation is about whether social network sites have the potential to bring about more equal participation. It deals with a phenomenon that has changed the underlying infrastructure of how millions of people communicate. READ MORE
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3. Gatekeepers of democracy? : a comparative study of elite support for democracy in Russia and the Baltic States
Abstract : This study deals with the consolidation of democracy in general and with political support for democracy, in particular. The theoretical reason for observing support for democracy rests on the assumption that this kind of support is a vital factor that will foster (or its absence will obstruct) the development of democracy in the countries analysed in this study, i. READ MORE
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4. Sweden and Poland Entering the EU : Comparative Patterns of Adaptive Organization and Cognition
Abstract : This thesis is a comparative study of how elites in Sweden and Poland approach and make sense of EU membership. It begins with the observation that the public debates in several EU member countries are becoming increasingly politicized around a dichotomy, i.e. enthusiasm and skepticism vis-à-vis European integration. READ MORE
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5. Reimagining Georgia : Images of Georgia Held by the Collective West, Russian, and Georgian Political Elites from 1991 to 2020
Abstract : This compilation thesis examines the United States (U.S.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), Russian, and Georgian political elites’ images of Georgia from the regaining of Georgia’s independence in 1991 up to 2020. READ MORE