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2. 1. Trust, Threat, and Stable Peace. : Swedish Great Power Perceptions 1905-1939

   Author : Rikard Bengtsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Baltic Sea; Sweden; international relations; democracy; peace; security; confidence; Distrust; trust; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : This study is ultimately concerned with the attainment of stable peace in international affairs. The notion of stable peace-understood as military conflict resolution being unthinkable, no matter the severity of a conflict-rivals traditional accounts of the logic of international relations. READ MORE

4. 2. Power and Political Culture: The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the Decline of the New Order (1986-98)

   Author : Stefan Eklöf Amirell; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Megawati Sukarnoputri; Pancasila; New Order; PDI-P; PDI; democracy; elections; political parties; political opposition; political development; Indonesia; political culture; Historia; Political history; Politisk historia;

   Abstract : Under Indonesia's authoritarian New Order regime of President Suharto, the role envisaged for the small nationalist-Christian coalition the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) was that of a pliant state corporatist party, the existence of which was meant to demonstrate the ostensibly democratic character of the regime. From the second half of the 1980s, however, the party began to develop in a critical and oppositional direction and came to stand out as the major proponent of reform within the formal political system. READ MORE

5. 3. Global Governance of AIDS : Partnerships with Civil Soviety

   Author : Peter Söderholm; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; AIDS; Global Governance; sovereignty; partnerships; Political and administrative sciences; nongovernmental organization; intergovernmental organization; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : The global governance of AIDS is dependent for its success on the concerted efforts of actors from both local and global levels, thus challenging the current international organization based on state sovereignty. The study seeks to understand the processes behind the creation of partnerships among the many different nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) active in AIDS politics and the intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) charged with combatting the epidemic. READ MORE

6. 4. Political Careers, Government Stability, and Electoral Cycles

   Author : Davide Cipullo; Eva Mörk; Luca Repetto; Vincent Pons; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender gaps; Self-selection; Political careers; Sticky floor; Voting; Government stability; Fragmentation; No-confidence votes; Bargaining; Brexit; Interest Groups; Forecaster behavior; Electoral cycles; Political selection; Macroeconomic forecasting;

   Abstract : Essay 1: This essay investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the political profession. The empirical analysis exploits two-stage elections in the United States and Italy to hold the selection of candidates constant. READ MORE

7. 5. Democracy's Infrastructure: The Role of Procedural Fairness in Fostering Consent

   Author : Marcia Grimes; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Several strands of democracy theory posit that citizens ought to consent to political institutions only under the condition that those institutions adhere to fair procedures of decisions making. While this theory linking citizens' consent to the design of decision-making processes may be normatively compelling, our current knowledge of this link in real political life remains incomplete. READ MORE