This thesis intends to analyse conditions for a successful implementation of consociational Democracy, as a democratic model in Afghanistan. The lack of critical reviews regarding the democratisation-process in Afghanistan initiated the purpose of this study.Lijpharts Democracy model was used as the basis in the comparative study. Along with empirical evidence regarding how the complex process of Democracy in Afghanistan is progressing, the study investigated whether the identified conditions occurred or not.The choice of which Democracy model to use can be crucial for the democratic possibilities to even survive and become established in conflict-affected communities. The principle of consociational Democracy is that it is an empirically based normative model that aims to organise the state in a way that works against the risks of majority domination and oppression against the minority.The empirical case study revealed that a majority of the conditions were not met, which then can counteract the possibilities for consociational Democracy in Afghanistan. The study has critically examined the prospects for the success of consociational Democracy in Afghanistan, and it can be assessed that there is a limited probability for a successful applying of this model..

This case-study examines the correlation between young men and democratic instability in group discussions with two analyzing methods in one. One part of the method used is deliberative Democracy which aims to explain how Democracy works within the frames of discussion in ordinary citizens groups. In this study the citizens is upper level secondary school students. The other part of the method used is the theory pulled by many scholars lately, the demographic impact on Democracy. With these two combined in one this study compare the theory of young men as more active in political violence and as a destabilising factor of Democracy on country-level with the results of the study in deliberative Democracy in small group discussions.

In 2003 the parties in Sweden were invited to debate reforms of the Constitution. The purpose of this essay is to study the debate concerning reforms of the Constitution and identify values expressed by the parties. Moreover the goal of the essay is to connect the identified values to the three democratic ideals, which are; electoral Democracy, participation Democracy and deliberation Democracy. This analyze is based on the idea analyze.The conclusion is that all parties have argued that the Swedish Constitution should be based on the democratic ideal of electoral Democracy. However, the right wing parties have also argued for inflection of participations Democracy and deliberation Democracy in the constitution.

In this master thesis, I investigate four Public Librarys´ program activities. The purpose is to explore what the library program activities contribute to as a part of a well functioning Democracy. The theoretical points, I have brought from political science. I assume three different ideals of Democracy; electoral Democracy, participation Democracy and deliberative Democracy. All have different views on what can be characterized by a well-functioning Democracy.My empirical material consists of library program guides, the libraries´ target documents and interviews with staff at the libraries who work with or have overall responsibility for program activities in their respective libraries.

This thesis intends to analyse conditions for a successful implementation of consociational Democracy, as a democratic model in Afghanistan. The lack of critical reviews regarding the democratisation-process in Afghanistan initiated the purpose of this study.Lijpharts Democracy model was used as the basis in the comparative study. Along with empirical evidence regarding how the complex process of Democracy in Afghanistan is progressing, the study investigated whether the identified conditions occurred or not.The choice of which Democracy model to use can be crucial for the democratic possibilities to even survive and become established in conflict-affected communities. The principle of consociational Democracy is that it is an empirically based normative model that aims to organise the state in a way that works against the risks of majority domination and oppression against the minority.The empirical case study revealed that a majority of the conditions were not met, which then can counteract the possibilities for consociational Democracy in Afghanistan. The study has critically examined the prospects for the success of consociational Democracy in Afghanistan, and it can be assessed that there is a limited probability for a successful applying of this model..

The right kind of Democracy ? an ideology analysis of school literatures description of the term Democracy.Writers: Fredrik Hedlund & Mattias AhlqvistDemocracy is today a word and a concept that in many ways is taken for granted and almost never is reflected on. The concept Democracy is also considered as an essential issue in the swedish school system, both regarding the way the education should be managed and also as a part of the students democratic schooling ? all according to the comprehensive document Läroplanen för de frivilliga skolformerna (Lpf94).The main purpose of this paper is to investigate how swedish literature in political and social science talks about and looks upon Democracy ? what do the books say it means?The materials we have chosen for this report are the books Zigma and Forum. As metod we are using a textual ideology analysis in which we have created three dimensions ? meaning/associations, criticism of Democracy, and demos/citizenship.

This case-study examines the correlation between young men and democratic instability in group discussions with two analyzing methods in one. One part of the method used is deliberative Democracy which aims to explain how Democracy works within the frames of discussion in ordinary citizens groups. In this study the citizens is upper level secondary school students. The other part of the method used is the theory pulled by many scholars lately, the demographic impact on Democracy. With these two combined in one this study compare the theory of young men as more active in political violence and as a destabilising factor of Democracy on country-level with the results of the study in deliberative Democracy in small group discussions.

The primary purpose of this thesis is to study how political agents construct and give meaning to the concepts of Democracy, representative Democracy and referendums. The starting point of the thesis is the pressing issue whether or not Sweden should hold a referendum on the new EU constitution. To analyze this question my choice of method is critical discourse analysis and the topical theories revolve around Democracy and responsibility.My study shows that there are three different discourses in this debate: ?the democratic process?, ?the representative Democracy? and ?the concept of Democracy?. However, the meaning of the concepts in these discourses varies depending on which side the political agents are on.

This case-study examines the correlation between young men and democratic instability in group discussions with two analyzing methods in one. One part of the method used is deliberative Democracy which aims to explain how Democracy works within the frames of discussion in ordinary citizens groups. In this study the citizens is upper level secondary school students. The other part of the method used is the theory pulled by many scholars lately, the demographic impact on Democracy. With these two combined in one this study compare the theory of young men as more active in political violence and as a destabilising factor of Democracy on country-level with the results of the study in deliberative Democracy in small group discussions.

By studying a place or a phenomena research contributes to the creation of the image of the thing that he or she studies. Also, planning is seen as a democratic tool, a way to ?make? Democracy. In order to see what democratic ideals that is being express it becomes important to study the research about Democracy in Botkyrka. It is from this thinking this study about Democracy and research has been formed.

This thesis is dedicated to analysing the relationship between Islam and Democracy and the role played by Civil Society in a process towards Democracy. This theme is further elaborated through a comprehensive study of three modern Muslim intellectuals: Abdolkarim Soroush (Iran), Hasan Hanafi (Egypt), and Tariq Ramadan (Switzerland), and their thoughts about and views on Islam and Democracy. Islam has often been portrayed in a stereotype manner where all forms of change are seen as impossible. The aim of this study is to go beyond this vision and instead focus one the role of Islam in processes of development and new forms of interpretation concerning Democracy.The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the relationship between Islam and Democracy.

This is a study of Democracy on the local level. It?s a comparison between the municipalities of Mo?rbyla?nga and Mo?nstera?s in the region of Kalmar in Sweden based on most similar design. The question is if the structure of the political organisation affects the quality of Democracy, with focus on the reorganisaton in Mo?rbyla?nga and the quality of the political process.

This essay is about Democracy and how a Democracy index can be used as a tool to illustratethe gap between reality and ideal. The purpose of this study can be expressed by two researchquestions: Does the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy index illustrate thedistance between reality and the ideal of Democracy presented by Dahl? and Can the EIU'sDemocracy index be modified by a) internal adjustments and b) using the variables includedin World Economic Forum?s (WEF) equality index?By using a combination of theories (Dahl?s theory of Democracy, Rawls theory of justice andchosen theories critical to liberal Democracy) as an analytical framework the following twoquestions have been answered:1) Which of the variables included in the EIU's Democracy index have the potential to capturethe level of political equality?2) Which of the variables included in the WEF?s equality index have the potential to capturethe degree of political equality?By using a quantitative method the study?s third and last question has been answered:3) How strong is the rank correlation between the EIU?s Democracy index and the WEF?sequality index, that is; how strong is the rank correlation coefficient (rho)?The data presented by the WEF?s equality index indicate that women are systematicallydiscriminated against as a group. From a democratic perspective the EIU may need tomeasure inequalities at a group level in order to capture the lack of political equality betweenindividuals. By reformulating some of the EIU?s variables, by revising the EIU?s point systemand by using the variables included in the WEF's equality index to extend EIU?s Democracyindex, the chances of capturing the gap between reality and the ideal of Democracy presentedby Dahl would likely increase..

This essay is about Democracy and how a Democracy index can be used as a tool to illustratethe gap between reality and ideal. The purpose of this study can be expressed by two researchquestions: Does the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy index illustrate thedistance between reality and the ideal of Democracy presented by Dahl? and Can the EIU'sDemocracy index be modified by a) internal adjustments and b) using the variables includedin World Economic Forum?s (WEF) equality index?By using a combination of theories (Dahl?s theory of Democracy, Rawls theory of justice andchosen theories critical to liberal Democracy) as an analytical framework the following twoquestions have been answered:1) Which of the variables included in the EIU's Democracy index have the potential to capturethe level of political equality?2) Which of the variables included in the WEF?s equality index have the potential to capturethe degree of political equality?By using a quantitative method the study?s third and last question has been answered:3) How strong is the rank correlation between the EIU?s Democracy index and the WEF?sequality index, that is; how strong is the rank correlation coefficient (rho)?The data presented by the WEF?s equality index indicate that women are systematicallydiscriminated against as a group. From a democratic perspective the EIU may need tomeasure inequalities at a group level in order to capture the lack of political equality betweenindividuals. By reformulating some of the EIU?s variables, by revising the EIU?s point systemand by using the variables included in the WEF's equality index to extend EIU?s Democracyindex, the chances of capturing the gap between reality and the ideal of Democracy presentedby Dahl would likely increase..

The aim of this essay is to study the development of Democracy in the Halland province, with focus on participating measures. First and foremost to test earlier research about the causes of the development of Democracy, which says that the work takes place with obvious variation between the municipalities and that it is caused by economic resources and experienced problems in the Democracy. The purpose is also to conduct a general discussion about the conditions and effects of the development.Thus the method can be characterised as theory consuming because I as far as possible assume the method that has been used in earlier research. Still, my study is limited to the six municipalities of the Halland province and is therefore a study of few cases. One person in each municipality has been interviewed in order to collect a list of all the measures that have been carried out.