Diktaturens fångar
(2014) STVK02 20141Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Democratization is one of the most studied and problematic areas in political science. Democracy theories are gaining more power and influence in society and researchers are gaining greater influence over those who work practically with development and democratization. This paper will investigate why Ethiopia is not becoming more democratic, despite the fact that the country has moved from a military regime to a regime with multi-party elections. There, the focus is directed to the authoritarian power resistance in the electoral authoritarianism. According to theories of control and manipulation, Ethiopia is an example of a regime that has regular multi-party elections but still violates the liberal-democratic minimum standards on freedom,... (More)
- Democratization is one of the most studied and problematic areas in political science. Democracy theories are gaining more power and influence in society and researchers are gaining greater influence over those who work practically with development and democratization. This paper will investigate why Ethiopia is not becoming more democratic, despite the fact that the country has moved from a military regime to a regime with multi-party elections. There, the focus is directed to the authoritarian power resistance in the electoral authoritarianism. According to theories of control and manipulation, Ethiopia is an example of a regime that has regular multi-party elections but still violates the liberal-democratic minimum standards on freedom, justice and integrity. Allowing multi-party elections in these regimes becomes an instrument to maintain authoritarian rule rather than a democratic tool, and as a consequence, leading to Ethiopia is not moving toward a democratic system despite existing multi-party elections. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Anna-Karin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Etiopien, auktoritära regimer, elektorala autokratier, demokratisering, Afrika
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4611898
- date added to LUP
- 2014-09-17 13:30:52
- date last changed
- 2014-09-17 13:30:52
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abstract = {{Democratization is one of the most studied and problematic areas in political science. Democracy theories are gaining more power and influence in society and researchers are gaining greater influence over those who work practically with development and democratization. This paper will investigate why Ethiopia is not becoming more democratic, despite the fact that the country has moved from a military regime to a regime with multi-party elections. There, the focus is directed to the authoritarian power resistance in the electoral authoritarianism. According to theories of control and manipulation, Ethiopia is an example of a regime that has regular multi-party elections but still violates the liberal-democratic minimum standards on freedom, justice and integrity. Allowing multi-party elections in these regimes becomes an instrument to maintain authoritarian rule rather than a democratic tool, and as a consequence, leading to Ethiopia is not moving toward a democratic system despite existing multi-party elections.}},
author = {{Nilsson, Anna-Karin}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Diktaturens fångar}},
year = {{2014}},
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