Sökning: "electoral governance"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 uppsatser innehållade orden electoral governance.

  1. 1. Media Framing of the Legitimacy of Nigerian Elections in Relation to Stomach Infrastructure

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Författare :Stanley Aghator; Sarah Kontim Moussa; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Nigeria elections; Vote-buying; Media framing; Election legitimacy;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis aims to explore the media framing of Nigeria’s 2023 election in relation to votebuying: How did the Nigerian print media portray the legitimacy of the 2023 election in relation to vote-buying? In addressing the research question, Entman’s (1993) framing theory is used. For identifying the themes and patterns around the framing of the election Entman’s four questions, defining the problems, diagnosing causes, making moral judgments, and treatment recommendations, in connection with the existing literature on vote buying are employed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Effects of Indirect Rule on Electoral Violence : A Quantitative Study

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Fabian Stigar; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Electoral violence; Colonial legacies; Indirect rule; Direct rule;

    Sammanfattning : Elections are a democratic process intended to create peaceful and legitimate transfers of power. However, since the second and third waves of democratisation, policymakers and researchers have observed that electoral processes are transformed into arenas for political gain through violence. LÄS MER

  4. 3. One-Party Dominance and Democratic Backsliding in Botswana and Tanzania: Whither Peace and Development?

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Issa Noor Omary; [2023]
    Nyckelord :One-party Dominance Dominant Party System; Dominant Party; Substantive Democracy; Democratic Backsliding; Third Wave of Autocratisation; Path-Dependence; Peace and Development; Botswana; Tanzania;

    Sammanfattning : Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and autocracies alike. The ongoing democratic backsliding is attributed to a range of factors. From “executive aggrandisement” and strategic manipulation of elections to "autocratic lawfare”. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Women’s representation in local governance: A case study on the effects of quota implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Alexandra Wigren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Sri Lanka; quota; electoral reform; women’s substantive representation; politics of presence; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : A qualitative case study set in Colombo, Sri Lanka focusing on women’s representation in local governance. The essay follows the aftermath of the country’s newly implemented electoral reform, which since 2018 resulted in a mixed- member-proportional electoral system with a gender quota. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Ethnic Sentiments

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Akinbolaji Wiwoloku; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Ethnicity; voting behavior; Multicultural society; Election and Nigeria; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Voting behavior influences the electoral process and voting pattern in every democratic government. When it especially pertains to any multicultural society there is often this global applicability of similar tendency to have similar historical reality when it comes to voting behavior. LÄS MER