Sökning: "electoral systems"

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  1. 1. Voters' Perceptions of Party Politics - A Multilevel Approach

    Författare :Stefan Dahlberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policy representation; voter perceptions; voting behavior; left-right ideology; perceptual agreement; political parties; party systems; electoral systems; institutions; multilevel;

    Sammanfattning : Modern representative democracies are often described as government by the consent of the governed rather than government by the people. Elections play a central role in this context and several theorists of modern democracy have struggled to determine the circumstances under which effective political representation can exist. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Threatening and Appropriate Bodies in Nation Building: Paths to the World’s 1st Female Parliamentary Majority in Post-Genocide Rwanda

    Författare :Christopher Kayumba; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :women; opportunity structures; representation; presence; war; genocide; political systems; electoral systems; gender; nationalism; ethnicity; ideology; missing men; reserved seats; quotas; parliament;

    Sammanfattning : While Rwanda first attracted the world’s attention for the genocide that took place in 1994, 16 years later the country is capturing interest because it now has the highest number of women in its parliament than in any other country in the world. After the first post-genocide legislative elections, in 2003, about 49% of elected legislators in the lower house of Parliament were women. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Den godtyckliga demokratin : En studie av olika metoder att tillgodose kravet på proportionell rättvisa

    Författare :Sverker Härd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Social choice; proportional representation; electoral systems; plurality rule; approval voting; borda count; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses the electoral systems, one of the most important instruments in theconstitutional toolbox of democratic institutions. Theories of collective decisionmaking offer several ways to reach collective decisions and there are various ways of distributing seats in parliament. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays in Political Economy

    Författare :Kåre Vernby; Per-Ola Öberg; Torsten Persson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Political science; Statsvetenskap; Economic Openness; Electoral Systems; Employers Associations; Labor Market Regulations; Labor Unions; Political Economy; Strikes;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introduction and three stand-alone essays. In the introduction I discuss the commonalities between the three essays. Essay I charts the the main political cleavages among 59 Swedish unions and business organizations. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Strategic Voting under Coalition Governments

    Författare :Annika Fredén; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic; voting; coalitions; PR-systems; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; strategic; voting; coalitions; proportional representation;

    Sammanfattning : If a voter defects from preference under the consideration of policy outcomes and others' behavior, it is a "strategic vote". This thesis relates voters' strategic considerations to the government formation process: the chances for a party to gain seats, enter office, and affect overall policies. LÄS MER