Sökning: "Local democracy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 137 avhandlingar innehållade orden Local democracy.

1. 1. Mot en digital demokrati? : Teknik, politik och institutionell förändring

   Författare :Joachim Åström; Ingemar Elander; Stig Montin; Harald Baldersheim; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; Democracy; political participation; institutional change; local government; Internet; digital democracy; electronic democracy; electronic government; information society; statskunskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : New information and communication technologies are today put forward as one possible solution to the perceived problems of democracy. Seeing that the Internet enables new forms of communication and eases information gathering, one view says that the Internet will open up new participatory avenues and radically transform patterns of political participation. LÄS MER

3. 2. Den kosmetiska demokratin : En studie av den politiska diskursiva praktiken i Sjöbo och Ystad

   Författare :Marja Åkerström; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public information; Democracy; discursive practice; cosmetic action; Modernity; power strategies; political communication; cosmetic democracy;

   Sammanfattning : The object of this thesis is to describe, analyze and understand the terms and meanings of the public information and the political communication for local democracy, in today´s media landscape, out of the interaction between the main parties of the local society in Sjöbo and Ystad and from the stand point of earlier research and theories. The study has analyzed the actions performed by citizens, politicians, employees and journalists as well as the scenes for this information and communication. LÄS MER

4. 3. Gatekeepers of democracy? : a comparative study of elite support for democracy in Russia and the Baltic States

   Författare :Linda A. Åström; Sten Berglund; Lars Johannsen; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political support; Russia; the Baltic states; democracy; democratic consolidation; political culture; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with the consolidation of democracy in general and with political support for democracy, in particular. The theoretical reason for observing support for democracy rests on the assumption that this kind of support is a vital factor that will foster (or its absence will obstruct) the development of democracy in the countries analysed in this study, i. LÄS MER

5. 4. Lokal radio och TV : en analys av publikstruktur och deltagande

   Författare :Anders Lindblad; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; RADIO; LOCAL TELEVISION; AUDIENCE; PARTICIPATION; DEMOCRACY; PUBLIC ACCESS; NEIGHBOURHOOD RADIO; SWEDEN; CABLE TELEVISION;

   Sammanfattning : The background to the thesis is the decentralization trend which has led to the development of various forms of local radio and television in a number of countries, including Sweden. Common to all official statements regarding the emergence of local media is the theme that local media has a potential for strengthening democracy. LÄS MER

7. 5. Kommunindelning och demokrati : Om sammanläggning och delning av kommuner i Sverige

   Författare :Peder Nielsen; Anders Westholm; Barry Holmström; Lawrence E. Rose; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; territorial division; democracy; demos; community spirit; legitimacy; participation; municipality; local government; amalgamation; secession; municipality partition; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the territorial dimension of democracy by studying the division of Swedish municipalities. It consists of two parts focusing on two types of changes to the division of municipalities: amalgamation and secession.The consequences of a series of amalgamation reforms are the starting point for the first part. LÄS MER