Sökning: "Issue voting"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 51 uppsatser innehållade orden Issue voting.

  1. 1. In Sickness and in Health- A roll-call study of the Members of the European Parliament’s voting behavior during Covid-19

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Cornelia Graje; [2023]
    Nyckelord :roll-call voting; Covid-19; salience; two-principal dilemma; European Parliament; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The voting behavior of the Members of the European Parliament (MEP) has been widely studied. However, little is written about the effects of crises. This thesis tries to understand how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the MEPs voting behavior in relation to their European political group (EPG) and in addition their national party. LÄS MER

  3. 2. What can explain a Member of the European Parliament’s aye or nay to an EU abolitionist approach. Voting behavior in the European Parliament on the issue of prostitution

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emma Larsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :European Parliament; Members of the European Parliament; Voting behavior; Prostitution; The abolitionist approach; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Members of the European Parliament cast votes on a great range of issues. The approach to prostitution on the European Union level is a sensitive and dividing issue, with two main approaches: the abolitionist approach and the sex work approach. Policies on this moral issue is expected to create untraditional lines of conflict. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Effects of Voting Rights on Political Competence : A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Theodor Thisell; [2023]
    Nyckelord :voting age; political competence; political knowledge; communicative skills; regression discontinuity design;

    Sammanfattning : At what age people ought to be given the right to vote has become a salient issue in both contemporary Western politics and political science. A prevalent argument opposing lowering the voting age to 16 asserts that 16- and 17-year-olds lack the necessary political competence required of voters. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Representationen av Ideologi under Utfrågningar till USA:s Högsta Domstol : En Jämförande Studie om Representationen av Ideologiska Frågor i Utfrågningar till den Högsta Domstolen i USA

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Tilda Persson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Högsta domstolen; Roe v. Wade; ideologi; ideologisk polarisering; utfrågningsprocessen; utfrågningar; USA; Clarence Thomas; Brett M. Kavanaugh;

    Sammanfattning : Building on Lee Epstein et al. (2006) article “The Changing Dynamics of Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees”, this study seeks to explore the representation of ideological questions during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas and Brett M. Kavanaugh. LÄS MER

  7. 5. How cohesive is the kingmaker of the European Parliament? A roll call-vote study of voting cohesion in the Liberal Party Group of the European Parliament in EP8 and EP9

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Thea Erlandsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :European Parliament; roll call-votes; Alliance of Liberals and Democrats; Renew Europe; ideological heterogeneity; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Voting cohesion in the European Parliament is a thoroughly studied field, however a deep dive into the kingmaker of coalition building, the liberal party group, has yet to be done. This thesis attempts to illustrate how voting cohesion varies within the Alliance of Liberals & Democrats and Renew Europe respectively, and what factors can explain variation in cohesion. LÄS MER