Sökning: "opposition parties"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden opposition parties.

1. 1. Politicizing Europe : Patterns of party-based opposition to European integration

   Författare :Göran von Sydow; Ulrika Mörth; Nicholas Aylott; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European Union; political parties; Euroscepticism; opposition; party system; Europeanization; politicization; representation; referendum; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : European integration was for a long time perceived as an elite-driven project that received public acceptance through what was coined as the permissive consensus. With the expansion of the domain of community actions and capacities, and the turmoil in the ratification processes following changes of the treaties, an increased public contestation over European integration can be observed. LÄS MER

3. 2. Uniting Against Autocrats : Opposition Coordination, Turnovers and Democratization by Elections

   Författare :Michael Wahman; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democratization; authoritarianism; election; party; opposition; coalition; ethnic; Africa; Kenya; Ghana; Senegal;

   Sammanfattning : As counter intuitive as it might sound, autocracy without elections is a rare combination today. Elections do not constitute democracy, but they can promote democratization. This dissertation studies the process of democratization through elections, focusing on the effect of opposition coordination. LÄS MER

4. 3. Challenges for the democratisation process in Tanzania : Moving towards consolidation 50 years after independence?

   Författare :Jonas Ewald; Joakim Öjendahl; Adebayo Olukoshi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; democratisation; substantive democracy; role of opposition; opposition parties; ruling party; CCM; CUF; CHADEMA; NCCR; TLP; elections; electionalism; civil society; media; trade unions; parliament; poverty reduction; economic development; interface between economic and political reforms; political change; public sector reforms; local government reforms; iron triangle; accountability; role of donors; aid; development cooperation; democratic culture; Zanzibar; Tanzania; Freds- och utvecklingsstudier; Peace and Development Studies;

   Sammanfattning : Tanzania has been independent in 2011 for 50 years. While most neighbouring states have gone through violent conflicts, Tanzania has managed to implement extensive reforms without armed political conflicts. Hence, Tanzania is an interesting case for Peace and Development research. LÄS MER

5. 4. Interest Group Influence on Political Parties in Western Democracies

   Författare :Maiken Røed; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interest groups; political parties; interest group influence; organizational ties;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis asks when and why interest groups influence political parties. I address this question in two ways: 1) by examining the organizational ties between parties and interest groups, given that party-interest group ties may constitute an important step on groups' way to influence, and 2) by more directly examining interest group influence on parties. LÄS MER

7. 5. Power and Political Culture: The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the Decline of the New Order (1986-98)

   Författare :Stefan Eklöf Amirell; Historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Megawati Sukarnoputri; Pancasila; New Order; PDI-P; PDI; democracy; elections; political parties; political opposition; political development; Indonesia; political culture; Historia; Political history; Politisk historia;

   Sammanfattning : Under Indonesia's authoritarian New Order regime of President Suharto, the role envisaged for the small nationalist-Christian coalition the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) was that of a pliant state corporatist party, the existence of which was meant to demonstrate the ostensibly democratic character of the regime. From the second half of the 1980s, however, the party began to develop in a critical and oppositional direction and came to stand out as the major proponent of reform within the formal political system. LÄS MER