Search for dissertations about: "Political Participation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 247 swedish dissertations containing the words Political Participation.

  2. 16. Democracy Reconsidered : Britain, France, Sweden, and the EU

    Author : Hans Agné; Kjell Goldmann; Jörgen Hermansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democracy; Democratic theory; Autonomy; Participation; Deliberation; Internationalisation; Globalisation; EU; Budget policy; International Political Economy; parliament; European integration; Sweden; France; Britain; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether some positions in democratic theory should be adjusted or abandoned in view of internationalisation; and if adjusted, how. More specifically it pursues three different aims: to evaluate various attempts to explain levels of democracy as consequences of internationalisation; to investigate whether the taking into account of internationalisation reveals any reason to reconsider what democracy is or means; and to suggest normative interpretations that cohere with the adjustments of conceptual and explanatory democratic theory made in the course of meeting the other two aims. READ MORE

  4. 17. Between Strategic Political Power and a Daunting Task : Exploring Dimensions of Women’s Political Participation in Hybrid Regimes

    Author : Anna Ehrhart; Gustav Lidén; Susanne Wallman Lundåsen; Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu; Josefina Erikson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Hybrid regimes combine elements of both democratic and authoritarian governance, with potentially flawed democratic processes, suppressed civil liberties and uneven political playing fields. Increasingly, scholarship signals the longevity and resilience of hybrid regimes, especially within broader discourses on rising authoritarianism and democratic decline around the world. READ MORE

  5. 18. 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

  6. 19. Being political in the media – Political identities in journalistic and Twitter discourse

    Author : Gustav Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political identities; critical discourse analysis; subjectivity; activism; political engagement; political identities;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the role of media discourse in shaping the political identities of those who want to be heard in public. The ways in which people are able to speak, know, and feel in political situations have important implications for how we conceive of the possibilities to be engaged in contemporary democracy. READ MORE

  7. 20. Authoritarianism Constrained : The Role of Local People’s Congresses in China

    Author : Oscar Almén; Mikael Schulz; Ming Xia; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; China Rule of Law; Authoritarianism; Democratization; Legislatures; POlitical Participation; People s Congresses; Local Politics; Statskunskap; Political Science; China; rule of law; authoritarianism; democratisation; legislatures; political participation; people s congresses; local politics;

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