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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"quality of democracy"”.
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The impact of the 2004 election campaign on the quality of democracy in South Africa
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-255).
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Long Working Hours, Happiness, and Quality of Democracy With the Case Studies of Japan and Denmark
… hour reduce people’s happiness and undermine democracy. For achieving this goal, this study clarifies the relationship between long working hours, happiness, and political engagement. Moreover, in order to seek the way to increase social happiness, it tries to figure out how global free market …
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An investigation into the powers of the Auditor-General SA and its ability to strengthen the quality of democracy in South Africa
The overall objective of the study is to provide commentary on the extent to which the public sector audit process contributes to the strength of democracy in South Africa by enhancing accountability. By studying audit outcomes, the concerns of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) around lack …
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The Legislator -Constituent relationship in Southern Africa: The extent to which electoral competitiveness, electoral systems and role orientation affect levels of constituency service conducted by legislators
The early 1990's marked the beginning of a new era for Southern Africa when a number of single party states began the transition to multiparty democratic systems. Within this process, democratic institutions were established and then have since played varied roles in normalizing of democratic norms …
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ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A MILITANT DEMOCRACY AGENT: PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
… Union (EU) can act as an effective militant democracy in its external relations amid renewed, heterogeneous autocratization across Europe and its neighbourhood. It challenges linear narratives of democratic advance or uniform recession, arguing instead that democratic erosion varies in …
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Democracy after accession : evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
… I was interested in exploring how and why the quality of democracy varied in Central and Eastern European countries after they became EU members. Throughout the accession process, these countries have, for the most part, successfully moved away from post-communist legacies and became …
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Putting the winner-loser effect in context: presidentialism & democracy in the Americas
… political attitudes and behaviors. The process of electoral politics mandates that voters win or lose in tandem with their preferred political candidates. As such, the relationship of such voters vis-à-vis the government and the political system differ based on whether one was a political winner …
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The Consolidation of Power through Electoral Engineering
The dissertation is a combination of two distinct parts. Part 1 establishes the theory of the consolidation, while Part 2 applies it empirically by evaluating the effectiveness of electoral engineering at consolidating power. The main contributions of Part 1 are as follows: • The consolidation of …
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Personality and the political system: An exploration of the psychological roots of political support
The quality of democracy depends on mass participation in political life, for engaged citizens can represent their interests, hold elected officials accountable, and collaborate to solve societal problems. In spite of the benefits to participation, many individuals do not engage in public affairs. …
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Young People’s Demography in Democracy: The Effect of Youth Cohort Size on Youth Political Attitudes and Behaviors in Democratic Societies (1995-2020)
Despite a few pockets of evidence to the contrary, the traditional literature on youth political attitudes and political participation generally asserts that young people in Western democracies are shunning institutionalized politics such as voting, for non-institutionalized politics such as …
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Essays on the cause and consequences of market distortions
… in order to maximize the appropriation of rents. Their success in raising distortions is higher when the electoral process is easily manipulated. Thus distortions are higher and last longer in the absence of electoral accountability. Such distortions worsen the deprivation of human …