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Demokratisk tillbakagång och försök till demokratisk framgång

Lindbom Johansson, Louise LU and Fager Carlsson, Clara LU (2024) STVA23 20232
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
This text is a comparative case study with focus on the two cases Hungary and Poland. The purpose with this study is to investigate which factors that affect the democratic backsliding in each country. The study also aims to answer which factors that affected Poland's attempt in 2023 to become more democratic. The analysis is based on two combined theories, Nancy Bermeos theory as well as James Druckmans theory, both about democratic backsliding. The result of the study concludes that both Hungary and Poland, but to different extences, have experienced democratic backsliding based on the explanatory factors given by the theories. Differences were found when analyzing to which extent each country restrains the rule of law, with the... (More)
This text is a comparative case study with focus on the two cases Hungary and Poland. The purpose with this study is to investigate which factors that affect the democratic backsliding in each country. The study also aims to answer which factors that affected Poland's attempt in 2023 to become more democratic. The analysis is based on two combined theories, Nancy Bermeos theory as well as James Druckmans theory, both about democratic backsliding. The result of the study concludes that both Hungary and Poland, but to different extences, have experienced democratic backsliding based on the explanatory factors given by the theories. Differences were found when analyzing to which extent each country restrains the rule of law, with the conclusion that Hungary does so more than Poland. This could be one possible explanatory factor to Poland's democratization attempt. (Less)
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author
Lindbom Johansson, Louise LU and Fager Carlsson, Clara LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA23 20232
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Democratic backsliding, Polen, Ungern, Fidesz, Viktor Orbán, PiS
language
Swedish
id
9143296
date added to LUP
2024-02-06 11:37:49
date last changed
2024-02-06 11:37:49
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  abstract     = {{This text is a comparative case study with focus on the two cases Hungary and Poland. The purpose with this study is to investigate which factors that affect the democratic backsliding in each country. The study also aims to answer which factors that affected Poland's attempt in 2023 to become more democratic. The analysis is based on two combined theories, Nancy Bermeos theory as well as James Druckmans theory, both about democratic backsliding. The result of the study concludes that both Hungary and Poland, but to different extences, have experienced democratic backsliding based on the explanatory factors given by the theories. Differences were found when analyzing to which extent each country restrains the rule of law, with the conclusion that Hungary does so more than Poland. This could be one possible explanatory factor to Poland's democratization attempt.}},
  author       = {{Lindbom Johansson, Louise and Fager Carlsson, Clara}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Demokratisk tillbakagång och försök till demokratisk framgång}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}