Sökning: "electoral reform"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden electoral reform.

1. 1. I linje med partiet? : Maktspel och lojalitet i den svenska riksdagen

   Författare :Lars Davidsson; Jörgen Hermansson; Olof Petersson; Helena Wockelberg; Kaare Strøm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Political science; principal-agent theory; legislative behavior; Swedish politics; constitutional politics; parliamentarians; parliamentary party group; party loyalty; party discipline; party cohesion; preference vote; budgetary reform; electoral reform; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : The preconditions for Swedish MPs’ (Members of Parliament) loyalty to their parliamentary party groups have been modified by two recent constitutional changes: the introduction of preference voting in the electoral system in 1998, and the 1997 reorganisation of the national budgetary process. The main purpose of this thesis is to determine the impact of these reforms on Swedish MPs’ inclination to defect from their party group’s interests. LÄS MER

3. 2. Competitive Elections in Authoritarian States : Weak States, Strong Elites, and Fractional Societies in Central Asia and Beyond

   Författare :Fredrik M. Sjöberg; Li Bennich-Björkman; Sven Oskarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; electoral competitiveness; authoritarianism; parliamentary elections; candidates; Kyrgyzstan; clan; ethnicity; clientelism; political parties; market reform; privatization; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : Why do some authoritarian states have competitive elections? This study shows that whenever there is a balance of power between candidates, competitiveness will ensue. Electoral fraud is often widespread in autocratic states, but if no single candidate or party is in a position to monopolize electoral support the result will be competitive. LÄS MER

4. 3. Engineering Equality? : Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Electoral Gender Quotas

   Författare :Pär Zetterberg; Li Bennich-Björkman; Per Adman; Christina Bergqvist; Anne Maria Holli; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; quotas; gender; women; equality; representation; participation; candidate selection; Latin America; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The driving question of this compilation thesis is whether quotas for political assemblies represent an effective tool for breaking down gender inequality in the political sphere. To put it differently, focus is on the possibilities for policy-makers to engineer equality. LÄS MER

5. 4. Land, Power and Technology : Essays on Political Economy and Historical Development

   Författare :Shuhei Kitamura; Torsten Persson; Jakob Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development Economics; Political Economy; History; Land Reform; Property Rights; Technology Adoption; Labor Reallocation; Structural Transformation; Clientelism; States; Empires; Borders; Geography; State Fragmentation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar JapanThis paper analyzes the effect of land ownership on technology adoption and structural transformation. A large-scale land reform in postwar Japan enforced a large number of tenant farmers who were cultivating land to become owners of this land. LÄS MER

7. 5. Bakom socialdemokraternas beslut. : - från 1950-talets ATP-strid till 1990-talets pensionsuppgörelse

   Författare :Karl Loxbo; Magnus Hagevi; Håkan Magnusson; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Democracy; party change; battle for ATP; pension reform; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : In 1959, the Swedish Social Democratic Party prevailed over the bourgeois parties in the great battle for supplementary pensions (ATP). In the 1990’s, however, the party leadership decided to abolish the ATP in close cooperation with the bourgeois parties. LÄS MER