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Bringefalk Oscar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Media och spelet om politiken : En kvantitativ studie om medias gestaltningar avpartiledardebatter under 2010-talets valrörelser.
    Uppsala universitet Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2021
    Co-Authors: Bringefalk Oscar
    Abstract:

    Swedish media have in earlier studies been shown to portray national politics as a game and the focus have not been on the actual politics. This have shown to have a negative effect on citizens trust for politicians and a growing cynicism against Swedish politicians have started. News portrayed as a game also lacks information valuable to citizens of a Democratic Country, especially during an election campaign for government. With these facts this thesis aims to study how Swedish party leader debates are portrayed in national newspaper media during the elections 2010, 2014 and 2018. That is the question for this thesis. The thesis will study how the debates is portrayed in the media and in what way. The method chosen to answer this aim is with a quantitative content analysis studying newspaper headlines during the election campaigns 2010, 2014 and 2018. Three of the biggest national newspapers were chosen to be studied; Dagens Nyheter, Aftonbladet and Expressen. The results show that news portrayed as a game is the majority share of the material. The election years 2010 and 2014 is dominated by news portrayed as game while the year 2018 differs with news portrayed as politics. The election campaign of 2018 may be a start of a new trend with less news portrayed as game or just a campaign more focused on politics than other years. The coming election years will show if it just were a break or a new trend focused on politics rather than game

  • Media och spelet om politiken : En kvantitativ studie om medias gestaltningar av partiledardebatter under 2010-talets valrörelser.
    Uppsala universitet Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2021
    Co-Authors: Bringefalk Oscar
    Abstract:

    Swedish media have in earlier studies been shown to portray national politics as a game and the focus have not been on the actual politics. This have shown to have a negative effect on citizens trust for politicians and a growing cynicism against Swedish politicians have started. News portrayed as a game also lacks information valuable to citizens of a Democratic Country, especially during an election campaign for government. With these facts this thesis aims to study how Swedish party leader debates are portrayed in national newspaper media during the elections 2010, 2014 and 2018. That is the question for this thesis. The thesis will study how the debates is portrayed in the media and in what way. The method chosen to answer this aim is with a quantitative content analysis studying newspaper headlines during the election campaigns 2010, 2014 and 2018. Three of the biggest national newspapers were chosen to be studied; Dagens Nyheter, Aftonbladet and Expressen. The results show that news portrayed as a game is the majority share of the material. The election years 2010 and 2014 is dominated by news portrayed as game while the year 2018 differs with news portrayed as politics. The election campaign of 2018 may be a start of a new trend with less news portrayed as game or just a campaign more focused on politics than other years. The coming election years will show if it just were a break or a new trend focused on politics rather than game

Edward L Gibson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • boundary control subnational authoritarianism in Democratic countries
    World Politics, 2005
    Co-Authors: Edward L Gibson
    Abstract:

    This article considers the political situation of an authoritarian province in a nationally Democratic Country. The objective is to uncover strategies that incumbents (in this article, governors) pursue to perpetuate provincial authoritarian regimes, as well as dynamics that can undermine such regimes. A central insight is that controlling the scope of provincial conflict (that is, the extent to which it is localized or nationalized) is a major objective of incumbents and oppositions in struggles over local democratization. Authoritarian incumbents will thus pursue "boundary control" strategies, which are played out in multiple arenas of a national territorial system. The article fleshes out these processes via comparative analysis of two conflicts over subnational democratization in 2004: the state of Oaxaca in Mexico and the province of Santiago del Estero in Argentina.

Stefano Lugo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the effect of sovereign wealth funds on the credit risk of their portfolio companies
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2014
    Co-Authors: Fabio Bertoni, Stefano Lugo
    Abstract:

    Abstract We study how sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments affect the credit risk of target companies as measured by the change in their credit default swap (CDS) spreads around the investment announcement. We find that the CDS spread of target companies decreases, on average, following an SWF investment. The reduction in the CDS spread is higher when the SWF is established by a politically stable non-Democratic Country that has a neutral political relationship with the host Country of the target company. Our results suggest that creditors expect SWFs to protect target companies from bankruptcy when it is in the interest of their home Country to build political goodwill in the host Country of the company.

  • The Effect of Sovereign Wealth Funds on the Credit Risk of their Portfolio Companies
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2014
    Co-Authors: Fabio Bertoni, Stefano Lugo
    Abstract:

    We study how sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments affect the credit risk of target companies as measured by the change in their credit default swap (CDS) spreads around the investment announcement. Our analysis is based on a sample of 391 SWF investments in 198 companies between 2003 and 2010. Our results indicate that the CDS spread of target companies decreases, on average, following an SWF investment. The reduction in the CDS spread is higher when the SWF is established by a politically stable non-Democratic Country that has a neutral political relationship with the host Country of the target company. The results are robust to different definitions of the dependent variable in terms of event window, CDS maturity and calculation of the benchmark CDS spread. Our results suggest that creditors expect SWFs to protect target companies from bankruptcy when it is in the interest of their home Country to build political goodwill in the host Country of the company.

Fabio Bertoni - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the effect of sovereign wealth funds on the credit risk of their portfolio companies
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2014
    Co-Authors: Fabio Bertoni, Stefano Lugo
    Abstract:

    Abstract We study how sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments affect the credit risk of target companies as measured by the change in their credit default swap (CDS) spreads around the investment announcement. We find that the CDS spread of target companies decreases, on average, following an SWF investment. The reduction in the CDS spread is higher when the SWF is established by a politically stable non-Democratic Country that has a neutral political relationship with the host Country of the target company. Our results suggest that creditors expect SWFs to protect target companies from bankruptcy when it is in the interest of their home Country to build political goodwill in the host Country of the company.

  • The Effect of Sovereign Wealth Funds on the Credit Risk of their Portfolio Companies
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2014
    Co-Authors: Fabio Bertoni, Stefano Lugo
    Abstract:

    We study how sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments affect the credit risk of target companies as measured by the change in their credit default swap (CDS) spreads around the investment announcement. Our analysis is based on a sample of 391 SWF investments in 198 companies between 2003 and 2010. Our results indicate that the CDS spread of target companies decreases, on average, following an SWF investment. The reduction in the CDS spread is higher when the SWF is established by a politically stable non-Democratic Country that has a neutral political relationship with the host Country of the target company. The results are robust to different definitions of the dependent variable in terms of event window, CDS maturity and calculation of the benchmark CDS spread. Our results suggest that creditors expect SWFs to protect target companies from bankruptcy when it is in the interest of their home Country to build political goodwill in the host Country of the company.

Chang Yen-hsiang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Hate Speech and Democracy: Deciding What Sort of Legal Doctrine is Best Suited to Hate Speech Regulation in Taiwan
    Digital Repository @ Maurer Law, 2020
    Co-Authors: Chang Yen-hsiang
    Abstract:

    Taiwanese people are committed to the values of freedom, democracy, and human rights. Nowadays, according to the rating posted on the Freedom House website, Taiwan is considered one of the world’s free countries and is among the best in providing political rights and civil liberties. Knowing this current state, it is hard to believe that the small island was under a period of martial law lasting for 38 years in the middle of the twentieth century. Tremendous progress and transition in Taiwanese politics and society has happened after democratization. One significant change is the progression of the right to freedom of speech. The right to free expression in Taiwan is strongly guaranteed now, compared to the active censorship of expression under martial law before Taiwan became a democracy. However, any regulation of hate speech is still notably missing in Taiwan’s legal system. As a system in an emerging Democratic Country, the current Taiwanese legal system does not have any law specifically for hate speech unless the speech relates to an individual victim. Courts at all levels in Taiwan have usually given ample protection for people to comment on public affairs or issues, including the media commenters using hate speech. However, possible problems with hate speech still exist in Taiwan. These forms of speech have become specific issues in Taiwan. However, the current system fails to resolve the above problems. After democratization, Taiwan underwent a rapid Democratic and progressive societal change based on importing parts of legal systems from Western Democratic countries and adapting them to form Taiwan’s own approach. Therefore, considering other countries’ strategies is useful in making the constitutional argument to find the appropriate approach in dealing with hate speech in Taiwan. Some Democratic governments have strict limits or punishments for hate speech. Two different political models are usually discussed for hate speech regulations: “militant democracy” and “liberal democracy.” Most of the European approaches, including Germany, are based on the militant democracy theory, while the United States is a liberal democracy. The different approaches in Germany and the United States show the diverse attitudes countries may hold toward the limitations imposed on hate speech. The motivation of this dissertation is to uncover whether hate speech undermines democracy under the perspective of comparative constitutional law. This article will compare freedom of speech rights in some Democratic countries, such as the United States, Germany, South Africa, and the European Court of Human Rights, and consider the standard set by international organizations to understand why they have a diverse approach to regulating or not regulating hate speech. This dissertation will also consider how the new approach could resolve or alleviate the hate speech problems in Taiwan. I will make a constitutional design argument to find the appropriate method to deal with hate speech in Taiwan