Sökning: "Polls of polls"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Polls of polls.

  1. 1. Analyzing Competitive Victimhood : Narratives of recognition and nonrecognition in the pursuit of reconciliation

    Författare :Cagla Demirel; Simon Birnbaum; Fredrika Björklund; Johanna Mannergren Selimovic; Camilla Orjuela; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; competitive victimhood; post-conflict; reconciliation; ethnonational relations; narratives; competitive victimhood; postkonflikt; försoning; etnonationella relationer; narrativ; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyzes the narrative manifestation of competitive victimhood and its variations within reconciliation processes. Competitive victimhood (CV) emerges when opposing groups assert themselves to be the sole or primary victims of conflict or use their historical suffering to rationalize ingroup transgressions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Riskförståelse : Teoretiska och empiriska perspektiv

    Författare :Erika Wall; Anna Olofsson; Roine Johansson; Rolf Lidskog; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; risk; sense-making of risk; place attachment; traffic safety; young people; risk; riskförståelse; plats; platsanknytning; trafiksäkerhet; ungdomar; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis introduces the concept of ‘sense-making of risk’ (riskförståelse) for the purpose of the theoretical and empirical study of the individual’s sense-making of risk. Particular weight is attached to an examination of the term’s various components, its compass, and the relationship between sense-making of risk and behaviour. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Under the influence? Understanding media’s coverage of opinion polls and their effects on citizens and politicians

    Författare :Per Oleskog Tryggvason; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; opinion polls; public opinion; political coverage; political communication; mediatization; bandwagon effects;

    Sammanfattning : News media’s use of horse race polls is a defining feature of contemporary political reporting. This thesis investigates how the news media use these opinion polls and how this coverage can influence two of the most central actors in representative democracies: citizens and politicians. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Perceptions of Political Competition and the Integrity of Elections

    Författare :Stephen Dawson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political competition; electoral integrity; democracy; information credibility; political behaviour;

    Sammanfattning : Political competition is generally regarded as one of the hallmarks of a well-functioning democracy. Competitive elections hold politicians to account, thereby increasing government performance to the benefit of citizens. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Seasonal Adjustment and Dynamic Linear Models

    Författare :Can Tongur; Daniel Thorburn; Sune Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Dynamic linear models; DLM; direct and indirect seasonal adjustment; relative efficiency; Huber loss function; Polls of polls; Wiener process; Swedish elections; Statistics; statistik;

    Sammanfattning : Dynamic Linear Models are a state space model framework based on the Kalman filter. We use this framework to do seasonal adjustments of empirical and artificial data. A simple model and an extended model based on Gibbs sampling are used and the results are compared with the results of a standard seasonal adjustment method. LÄS MER