Strong och weak ties inverkan på svensk lagstiftning. En kvantitativ analys.
(2020) STVK02 20201Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This essay is structured as a theory test of an article written by Justin H. Kirkland (2011), his work was an application of a network theory on U.S. legislature. The theory he applied was about the importance of weak and strong ties in networks.
This essay looked at the work done by Kirkland and decided to examine if his theory would give the same results if applied on a significantly different example in the form of the Swedish legislature.
My data consisted of different kinds of bills from Swedish legislature, this data was taken from a freely available database controlled by the Swedish legislature in and of itself.
Similar to Kirkland this essay utilizes quantitative methods, in the form of a regression analysis in... (More) - This essay is structured as a theory test of an article written by Justin H. Kirkland (2011), his work was an application of a network theory on U.S. legislature. The theory he applied was about the importance of weak and strong ties in networks.
This essay looked at the work done by Kirkland and decided to examine if his theory would give the same results if applied on a significantly different example in the form of the Swedish legislature.
My data consisted of different kinds of bills from Swedish legislature, this data was taken from a freely available database controlled by the Swedish legislature in and of itself.
Similar to Kirkland this essay utilizes quantitative methods, in the form of a regression analysis in order to test hypothesizes about the effects of weak and strong ties.
Kirklands article concluded that weak ties had a significant effect on legislative success, while strong ties did not, in contrast the results of this essay indicated that when applied on a different and challenging material, Kirklands theory could no longer explain variance in legislative success and neither weak nor strong ties had seemingly any significant effect on legislative success in Swedish legislature. (Less)
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- author
- Ysberg, Ludvig LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- strong ties, weak ties, legislative success, theory testing, several partymotion, partymotion.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9009726
- date added to LUP
- 2020-09-21 15:43:32
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- 2020-09-21 15:43:32
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abstract = {{This essay is structured as a theory test of an article written by Justin H. Kirkland (2011), his work was an application of a network theory on U.S. legislature. The theory he applied was about the importance of weak and strong ties in networks.
This essay looked at the work done by Kirkland and decided to examine if his theory would give the same results if applied on a significantly different example in the form of the Swedish legislature.
My data consisted of different kinds of bills from Swedish legislature, this data was taken from a freely available database controlled by the Swedish legislature in and of itself.
Similar to Kirkland this essay utilizes quantitative methods, in the form of a regression analysis in order to test hypothesizes about the effects of weak and strong ties.
Kirklands article concluded that weak ties had a significant effect on legislative success, while strong ties did not, in contrast the results of this essay indicated that when applied on a different and challenging material, Kirklands theory could no longer explain variance in legislative success and neither weak nor strong ties had seemingly any significant effect on legislative success in Swedish legislature.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Strong och weak ties inverkan på svensk lagstiftning. En kvantitativ analys.}},
year = {{2020}},
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