Search for dissertations about: "Authoritarian"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the word Authoritarian.

2. 1. Authoritarian collaboration : Unexpected effects of open government initiatives in China

   Author : Pontus Wallin; Per Strömblad; Douglas Brommesson; Jan Teorell; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Autocracy; authoritarian deliberation; cybernetics; open government initiatives; lab-in-the-field experiment; online anonymity; China; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : There is a recent emergence of open government initiatives for citizen participation in policy making in China. Open government initiatives seek to increase the level of participation, deliberation and transparency in government affairs, sometimes by use of Internet fora. READ MORE

4. 2. Motivating eParticipation in Authoritarian Countries

   Author : Wairagala Wakabi; Åke Grönlund; Anders Avdic; Sirajul Islam; Kim Normann Andersen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civic voluntarism; IS artefact; Uganda; eParticipation; citizen participation; social networking sites; authoritarian regime; ICT4D; Informatik; Informatics;

   Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can enrich the ways in which citizens participate in civic and political matters. Indeed, many theorists on online participation, or eParticipation, proclaim the potential of digital technologies to empower citizens with convenient ways to participate in democratic processes and to hold leaders to account. READ MORE

5. 3. Competitive Elections in Authoritarian States : Weak States, Strong Elites, and Fractional Societies in Central Asia and Beyond

   Author : Fredrik M. Sjöberg; Li Bennich-Björkman; Sven Oskarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; electoral competitiveness; authoritarianism; parliamentary elections; candidates; Kyrgyzstan; clan; ethnicity; clientelism; political parties; market reform; privatization; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Why do some authoritarian states have competitive elections? This study shows that whenever there is a balance of power between candidates, competitiveness will ensue. Electoral fraud is often widespread in autocratic states, but if no single candidate or party is in a position to monopolize electoral support the result will be competitive. READ MORE

6. 4. The resource model of political participation 2.0 : Protesting in semi-authoritarian regimes – A privilege of the privileged

   Author : Elizaveta Kopacheva; Per Strömblad; Giangiacomo Bravo; Gil de Zúñiga; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Transitioning to and sustaining democracy cannot be possible without active citizens joining protests, distributing political information, or representing fellow citizens in legislative institutions. Due to this, political-science research for several decades has tried to investigate why some citizens are involved in political decision-making while others prefer to refrain from it. READ MORE

7. 5. Training for Model Citizenship : An Ethnography of Civic Education and State-Making in Rwanda

   Author : Molly Sundberg; Sten Hagberg; Sverker Finnström; Johan Pottier; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; authoritarian rule; citizenship; civic education; government; Kigali; Rwanda; state; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses how government in Rwanda plays out in practice and how it affects lived experiences of state power and citizenship. Two decades after the genocide, Rwanda has come to be associated both with security, development, and stability, on the one hand, and with state repression and coercion, on the other. READ MORE