Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science: Recent submissions
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Jeremy Bentham's Theory of Representative Democracy
There is a renewed interest in the concept of representation and its relationship to democracy, both in political theory and the history of political thought. Yet, despite the fact that he is one of the few thinkers to ... -
Essays on the Political Economy of Democratization and Democratic Backsliding
This four-paper dissertation addresses three fundamental questions in the political economy of democracy. First, does economic development cause democratization? Second, to what extent are citizens willing to defend democracy ... -
Lithuanian Emigrants and Home–Country Elections 2014–2016
Whilst a growing, even if still relatively scarce, body of empirical political science literature has been addressing the increasingly important topic of voting from abroad, studies of external voters from Central and ... -
Human Germline Genome Editing as a Potential Reproductive Choice: An Exploratory Sociological Study in the United Kingdom
This thesis explores key factors that appear to influence attitudes towards the use of human germline genome editing (hGGE) as a reproductive choice in the United Kingdom (UK), and suggests how identifying these factors ...
