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Groves, Beth Ann. "Real Representation| Case Studies of Forces that Changed Municipal Elections in Select California Cities." Thesis, University of La Verne, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13805820.
Full textPurpose. This research sought to explore the factors that influenced the policy decision to change a city council electoral system from an at-large structure to a by-district structure. The structure of the electoral system impacts representation in that it creates the rules and requirements as to how people are elected and who can vote for them. This study provided context for local government decision making. This context provides decision makers and citizens alike with insight into the degree of influence exerted in the public policy process by internal and external forces.
Theoretical Framework. Three lenses were used: social exchange (Blau, 2017), focusing events (Birkland, 2013; Kingdon, 2003) and Force Field Analysis (Lewin, 1951)) to describe the interaction of theory in explaining the antecedent factors, focusing events, and forces that were present during the local decision-making process.
Methodology. This was a descriptive, multiple case study design. It looked at multiple cities in an effort to identify the driving and restraining forces that led to changing a specific public policy. Specifically, it conducted content analysis and applied Lewin’s force field analysis to public documents in an effort to understand the antecedent factors leading to the change in the structure of the electoral system in select California cities.
Findings/Conclusions. Both driving and restraining forces were evident in the policy process for change. Four categories of forces were identified: social, political, economic and legal. In the case of the change to a By-District Voting system taking place throughout California, the community itself has not necessarily identified a problem in need of a solution. Rather, a lawsuit—or threat of a lawsuit—is the impetus for change—wanted or not. Given that the focusing event for the voting system policy change examined in this research is litigation, most discussion and input takes place behind closed doors with input being from attorneys and city management staff. While this is important in order to create legislative strategy, it does omit input from the citizens who will be impacted by the decisions. Therefore, the question remains, once fully implemented, will the change in the structure of the electoral system bring “better” representation?
Asperholm, Hedlund Laura. "Identifying and Understanding Anti-Immigration Disinformation : a case study of the 2018 Swedish national elections." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8595.
Full textTravis, Rosemary Fechner. "Differences in School Districts' Decision-Making Processes Before and After Tax Limitation Elections: A Case Study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331870/.
Full textSuddason, Kelvin. "Rethinking Rhetoric: An investigation of political persuasion online. A case study of Mauritian electoral interviews livestreamed on Facebook." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33038.
Full textZake, Susan K. "Obama, Interactivity and the Millennials: A Case Study." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1323223506.
Full textLeys, Emily H. "It's now or never for South African Women": A case study of The African National Congress' Adoption of a Quota for women on their party lists in the South African Elections of 1994." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3736.
Full textMabotja, Mpheta Samuel. "An evaluation of the integration of the 'white' town of Pietersburg and the 'black' township of Seshego after the local government elections of 1995." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52105.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The emergence of urban systems in South Africa was from the start shaped by racial bias. The black people of this country were refused any form of participation in town planning. To aggravate the situation, urban space was manipulated in a manner that each racial group had its own residential space. The manipulation of urban space gave rise to what is called "the Apartheid City." This "Apartheid city" is characterised by stark contrast in development between a well-serviced, first world town lying side by side with underserviced third world townships. The "Apartheid City" of Pietersburg-Seshego has been undergoing restructuring since 1990. The Local Government Transitional Act (LGTA) has served as an intervention whereby the two formerly unequal areas had to integrate and become one city. The central aim of this study is to evaluate, by using a series of indicators, the integration level that has been achieved since 1995, i.e. since the first local government elections. The study will focus on three key areas to reflect the level of integration, namely, land use patterns, ward demarcation, and integration of personnel. The main conclusion is that though one council has been formed where there were previously two, spatial inequalities and racially-based ward demarcations between the former Pietersburg town and the former Seshego township persist. On the other hand, personnel drawn from the administrations of former white Pietersburg and former Lebowa civil service has not been fully integrated. The former Pietersburg municipality personnel is still white male dominated in both senior and middle management levels while the former Lebowa personnel is black male dominated found in the lowest levels of the TLC structure.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die ontstaan van metropolitaanse sisteme in Suid Arfika was nog altyd gekenmerk deur rasse bevooroordeling. Die swart bevolking van Suid Afrika was nog altyd in die verlede uitgesluit van deelname aan stadsbeplanning. Om die situasie nog te vererger, was metropolitaanse areas op so 'n wyse gemanipuleer, dat groepe van verskillende rasse elk hul eie residensiële allokasie gehad het. Hierdie manipulasie van metropolitaanse areas het die ontstaan van die "apartheidstad" tot gevolg gehad. Hierdie "apartheidstad" word gekenmerk deur 'n skerp kontras in ontwikkeling tussen 'n goed voorsiene eerste wêreld deel aan die een kant en 'n swak voorsiene derde wêreld deel aan die ander kant. Die "apartheidstad" van Pietersburg - Seshego het sedert 1990 herstrukturering ondergaan, Die "Plaaslike Owerheidsoorgangs Wet" het gedien as 'n middelom twee histories ongelyke areas te integreer om een stad te vorm. Die doelwit van hierdie studie is om die vlak van integrasie sedert 1995 te evalueer deur gebruik te maak van sekere indikatore. Die studie fokus op drie aspekte wat die vlak van integrasie weerspieël naamlik grondgebruikspatrone, wykafbakening en personeel integrering. Die belangrikste gevolge is dat daar nou een plaaslike raad is waar daar voorheen twee was terwyl ruimtelike ongelykhede en ras gebaseerde wyksafbakening nog steeds plaasvind tussen Pietersburg en die vorige Seshego nedersetting. Die nuwe personeelstruktuur - wat bestaan hoofsaaklik uit voormalige wit lede van die Pietersburg raad en hoofsaaklik swart lede van die voormalige Lebowa staatsdiens - is nog nie ten volle geintegreerd nie. Die personeel van die Pietersburg Munisipaliteit is nog steeds oorwegend wit en manlik gedomineerd in beide die middel en senior bestuursposte en die Lebowa personeel is hoofsaaklik swart en manlik gedomineerd in die laer pos bekleding in die struktuur van die nuwe plaaslike regeringstruktuur.
Rottwilm, Philipp Moritz. "Electoral system reform in early democratisers : strategic coordination under different electoral systems." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6c3ebcf9-f25b-4ce8-a837-619230729c33.
Full textCarpenter, Joshua David. "Democracy and the disengaged : a multi-dimensional study of voter mobilization in Alabama." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a2c1f070-db85-465c-b3e5-f55ddbe01438.
Full textMukumbi, wa Nyembo Jules. "Multi-party elections in Southern Africa : the cases of Namibia and Mozambique, 1989-1999." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11201.
Full textThis dissertation essentially examines the context and the conduct of elections held in the southern African region, particularly in Namibia and Mozambique between 1989 and 1999. These elections crystallized a wider process of democratization during the last decade, in which attempts were made to shift from various forms of authoritarian rule (colonial or racial oligarchies, military regimes, one-party states, or presidential rule) to pluralist parliamentary politics. This study is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the post-conflict elections. In this case the international community has assisted Namibia and Mozambique in various ways. The second part focuses on the electoral management in both states, with particular emphasis on the running of the second multiparty general elections. This study is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the post-conflict elections. In this case the international community has assisted Namibia and Mozambique in various ways. The second part focuses on the electoral management in both states, with particular emphasis on the running of the second multiparty general elections.
Doyle, Daniel S. "A Discourse-Proceduralist Case for Election and Media Reform after Citizens United." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339711190.
Full textRival, Jean-baptiste, and Joey Walach. "The Use of Viral Marketing in Politics : A Case Study of the 2007 French Presidential Election." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9664.
Full textThe aim of this study is to explore the implementation of viral marketing in Politics. We led a case study in order to discover how viral techniques were used to promote candidates running for the 2007 French election. The review of previous research provided learning about the use of new communication methods in electoral campaigns.Nevertheless, they are not specifically devoted to the viral marketing method. At present, theoretical models about this new phenomenon exist only for business sectors. Viral marketing is becoming of greater importance in the promotion of a candidate's brand image. It was interesting to discover how marketing techniques are transferred into the field of politics. Through our theoretical framework we analysed results from our interview with a webmaster who works for the Nicolas Sarkozy's political party. We explained the role of viral marketing in the communication strategy of politicians. Thanks to the focus group, we assessed the impact of viral marketing among French voters. The results show that it generates a word-of-mouth campaign about the candidate's personality which results in a political "Buzz". This high media coverage heavily influences the voters who are highly sensitive to image branding. However, the counterpart of using viral marketing is the lack of control that candidates maintain over their image. For example, the spreading of undesirable videos could harm their credibility. Finally, our study shows that modern politics is appealing for viral marketing in order to shape the political leader's image, which constitutes a determinant factor to influence voters.
Persson, Nääf Jennifer. "Substantive Representation seen through the Instersectional Lens of Gender & Ethnicity : A case study on how a women from a minority navigates her presidential campaign within the context of the Mexican Election 2018." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-381941.
Full textMontiegel, Kristella Marie. ""First"-Matters: Projecting the Displacement of Responses to Questions in the Context of Presidential Primary-Campaign Debates." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3836.
Full textBäckström, Mattias, and Måns Helldin. "Är äldreomsorgen möjlig att påverka vid valurnan? : En studie om den politiska majoritetens effekt på kostnaden för och kvaliteten inom äldreomsorgen i svenska kommuner." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-435038.
Full textTay, Geniesa. "Embracing LOLitics: Popular Culture, Online Political Humor, and Play." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Media and Communication, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7091.
Full textZAVADSKAYA, Margarita. "When elections subvert authoritarianism : failed cooptation and Russian post-electoral protests of 2011-12." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/48004.
Full textExamining Board: Prof. Alexander H. Trechsel, University of Lucerne (EUI Supervisor); Prof. Grigorii V. Golosov, European University at Saint Petersburg (External Supervisor); Prof. Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University; Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, European University Institute
One of the widely shared features of modern autocracies is the presence of democratically-designed institutions. Elections, referendums, legislatures, and parties are the essential institutions 'bydefault'. Political regimes that have introduced nation wide elections have become the predominant type of political regimes in the contemporary world.
Chang, Rong-Tzu, and 張容慈. "Strategic Voting and Electoral Systems: Case Studies of Elections in Taiwan, 1994-2014." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5vvxjp.
Full text國立臺灣大學
政治學研究所
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This paper studies strategic voting of the five important elections in Taiwan from 1994 to 2014. These elections include three mayoral elections in Taipei City (1994, 1998 and 2006), one mayoral election in Kaohsiung City (2010) and presidential election in 2000. The major political parties include Kuomintang (KMT), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and the so-called pan-blue political parties that withdrawn from KMT while remain aligned to KMT. In these selected cases, despite of single-member district, if there are more than two candidates, it is probable to appear strategic voting, but it is not successful every time. The following are the key findings of this paper: 1.There are two patterns of strategic voting. First, strategic voting are successful in cases involving giving up a weaker candidate in favour of a stronger substitute. Second, strategic voting fails in cases which poll rates of target candidates are close. 2.There are three important factors that influence the outcome of strategic voting. First, the target candidates’ rank in opinion polls may determine the result of strategic voting. Second, inconsistant poll results during a campaign period may disrupt the decision making process of voters, which lead to fail strategic voting. Third, the result of strategic voting hinges on whether the target candidates are viable substitutes.
Matemba, Doreen. "The paradox of political legitimacy?: Zimbabwe’s global political agreement of 15 September 2008 and the subsequent government of national unity." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25137.
Full textIt is increasingly becoming apparent that elections, as component parts of democratic processes, do not always guarantee a smooth transfer of power and stable democratic cultures in many contemporary polities. Whenever election outcomes are disputed, Governments of National Unity (GNU) are presented as strategic conflict prevention and resolution models. Yet, the GNU’s ability to nurture democracy in situations where it remains weak or non-existent is extremely limited. This dissertation therefore uses Zimbabwe’s case study to examine how its recent internal political turmoil had overwhelming implications for its legitimacy and democracy. Through qualitative research, the study reveals that despite partially reconciling Zimbabwe’s political protagonists, the GNU neither permanently resolved the crisis nor addressed significant related issues; thus, creating a paradox of legitimacy for the country. The dissertation concludes with recommendations for further research on matters of legitimacy in power-sharing scenarios such as Zimbabwe’s.
Political Sciences
M.A. (International politics)
Hung, yao-nan, and 洪耀南. "The Application and Empirical Studies of Prediction Markets:A Case Study of the 2014 Taiwan Magistrate and Mayoral Elections." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nram46.
Full text國立臺灣大學
國家發展研究所
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Opinion poll has been the most widely used way to conduct election prediction. However, recently prediction market has become another important prediction mechanism, attracting the literature to compare the accuracy of the two prediction methods. According to trading data of the Exchange of Future Events and opinion polls collected by this study, this paper analyzes the prediction results of the 2014 magistrate and mayoral election in Taiwan, and compares the prediction accuracies on this election between prediction markets and poll institutions. For prediction contracts on election winners, the weighted average prices of prediction markets are positive and statistically significant on the ratio of winning elections and can be regarded as the candidates'' probability of winning elections. In addition, based on indicators of correctness rate, precision rate, hit rate, false alarm rate and Kuipers score, predictive power of prediction markets on election winners is obviously higher than that of poll institutions. For prediction on vote shares, predictive power of prediction markets is higher than that of poll institutions within 28 days before the election, and prediction accuracy of prediction markets is getting higher along with approaching the expiration of the contracts. Nevertheless, we also agree that opinion survey can help researchers conduct covariance analysis, which can be both used to reinforce the findings of prediction market and opinion survey.
Ndhlovu, Nothando. "The role of bloggers in the construction of Zimbabwean national identities : a case study of three Zimbabwean blogs during the 2008 presidential elections." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8560.
Full textThesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
Chigando, Lesole John. "The use of Automated Fingerprint Identification System in identifying fraudulent voters’ registration in Lesotho." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26475.
Full textCriminology and Security Science
M. Tech. (Forensic investigation)
Sovka, Roseanne M. "Interest group involvement in constituency election campaigns." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1468.
Full text周敏鴻. "Election Campaign and Issue Response Strategies: Two case studies in the 2000 Presidential Election." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09903411117584679939.
Full textChang, Yi, and 張義. "Studies on Political Donation of Presidential Election in Taiwan ~Case of the 13th Presidential Election." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t356fn.
Full text國立臺灣大學
國家發展研究所
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Researchers who study elections are particularly interested in prediction of electoral outcome, while Political Donation are pivotal to elections. With Political Donation having relatively objective basis, a donor must feel strong support for a candidate to contribute financially, whose quantification enables a researcher to examine such behavior with relatively certain statistical inference. Despite gender being another subject gradually studied in politics, one wonders if gender also occupies a special realm in Political Donation. With the first female candidate Tsai Ing-wen having run for the 13th presidency of Taiwan, the question is whether a gender gap plays a role in Political Donation. Earlier presidential elections in Taiwan have always seen distinct differences in north-Vs-south voting for the two parties, which also sets the stage to examine the correlation between such geographical differences and sums, numbers of Political Donation for the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party. The results show that the female gender of Tsai, also candidate of the DPP in the race, actually did not clearly influence Political Donation in the presidential election, instead reflected the underlying politics. There were also municipal concentrations in Political Donation from individuals and corporations, with such trends being more pronounced between city and smaller towns (or villages). The original hypothesis of Political Donation in presidential elections being related to Taiwan’s geopolitical uniqueness to show a north-Vs-south gap has been disproven with statistical analysis, to reveal instead a correlation to regional or local residents’ financial capacity.
Neto, José Leandro Miguel. "A influência do facebook na decisão de voto: um estudo de caso da eleição presidencial brasileira de 2018." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/12078.
Full textAs redes sociais têm desempenhado, progressivamente, um papel crucial enquanto canais de comunicação de diversas instituições e agentes, dentre eles, os candidatos políticos. Dentro do cenário de Marketing Político, o Facebook se apresenta como uma alternativa amplamente utilizada em campanhas eleitorais, de forma a atrair, auxiliar e influenciar eleitores ao redor do mundo. Embora haja concordância generalizada de que a rede social desempenhe um papel de relevância nos períodos eleitorais, o real impacto deste canal de comunicação na decisão de voto permanece discutível dentro da literatura, possivelmente por sua dificuldade de mensuração. Assim, o presente estudo se propôs a investigar a influência que o Facebook tem na decisão de voto dos eleitores, através de um estudo de caso sobre a eleição presidencial brasileira de 2018. Para que se conseguisse responder às questões de investigação, a metodologia utilizada consistiu em pesquisa quantitativa, através de um inquérito por questionário e respectiva análise das respostas. O tratamento dos dados recolhidos foi realizado utilizando como recurso o Excel, compatível com versão Windows 10. A amostra reúne 206 respondentes, tendo a sua quase totalidade conta de utilizador no Facebook. A presente investigação concluiu que, socialmente, os eleitores confirmam a influência que o Facebook desempenha sobre a decisão de voto. Contudo, no âmbito pessoal, a maior parcela dos inquiridos tende a afirmar que a rede social não desempenha influência sobre sua decisão de voto. Ademais, percebe-se que o Facebook aparenta perder força frente a outros canais de comunicação, como demais redes sociais e sites oficiais dos candidatos, pois parte majoritária dos inquiridos afirma não considerar utilizar a rede social como fonte de informação que ajude a decisão de voto em eleições futura
Social networks have, progressively, played a crucial role as communication channels for various institutions and agents, including political candidates. Within the Political Marketing scenario, Facebook is presented as an alternative widely used in election campaigns, in order to attract, assist and influence voters all around the world. Although it is widely agreed that the social network plays a relevant role in electoral periods, the real impact of this communication channel on the voting decision remains debatable within the literature, probably due to the difficulty in measuring it. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence that Facebook has on voters' voting decision, through a case study on the 2018 Brazilian presidential election. In order to be able to answer the investigation questions, the methodology used consisted of quantitative research, through a questionnaire survey and respective analysis of responses. The collected data was analyzed using Excel, compatible with Windows 10 version, as a resource. The sample includes 206 respondents, almost all of whom have a Facebook user account. The present investigation concluded that, socially, voters confirm the influence that Facebook has on the voting decision. However, in the personal sphere, most respondents tend to affirm that the social network has no influence on their voting decision. In addition, it is clear that Facebook seems to lose strength in relation to other communication channels, such as other social networks and official candidates’ websites, as the majority of respondents say they do not consider using the social network as a source of information to help the voting decision in future elections.
Neugebauerová, Aneta. "KDU-ČSL v krizi? Analýza vývoje strany v období 2009-2013." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-384594.
Full textjye-shean, Chang, and 張爝顯. "Opinion Survey in DPP''s Nomination Process---Case Studies on Party Primaries in Taipei''s Election of 2001 and 2002." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65731978068001026188.
Full textPochopová, Nicole. "Analýza protiimigračních hnutí na území ČR: Blok proti islámu a Úsvit-národní koalice." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-357453.
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