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Resource typeBachelor Thesis
Title(s)Political representation in autocratic regimes. How does Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya claim to be a representative of the Belarusian people's will towards the EU? Belarus case study.
Alternative title(s)Politische Repräsentation in autokratischen Regimen. Wie behauptet Swetlana Tichanowskaja, eine Repräsentantin des belarussischen Volkes gegenüber der EU zu sein? Fallstudie zu Belarus
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1385
Handle20.500.14123/1450
CreatorKharevich, Volha
Study programmeStudium Individuale
RefereeBreuer, Johanna Lorraine  0000-0002-9352-7543
AdvisorFriedrich, Dawid  1014488095
AbstractThe topic of this research paper is the political representation in autocratic regimes. For this, I ask the main research question: How does Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya claim to be a representative of the Belarusian people’s will towards the EU? I answer the research question through a case study of Belarus as an autocratic state. Through the theory of political representation - claim-making by Michael Saward and empirical data of Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya speeches, I argue that non-electoral representatives can construct the same level of political validity as conventionally elected officials through representative claims. In this, aesthetic and cultural representation plays a crucial role. This finding can help to examine political representation in autocratic regimes more easily in the future. At the same time, the finding questions the epistemological boundaries of political representation. Further theory-based research is needed to examine the boundaries of the epistemology of political representation. Claim-making as a non-electoral representation might not meet a traditional definition of political representation.
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsPolitical Representation; Autocracy; European Parliament; Belarus; Elections; Representation; Autokratie
DDC320 :: Politikwissenschaft
Date of thesis submission2024-09-27
Date of defense2024-12-27
Year of publication in PubData2024
Publishing typeFirst publication
Date issued2024-11-07
Creation contextStudy
Date of Availability2024-11-07T08:44:53Z
Archiving Facility Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg  02w2y2t16)
Granting InstitutionLeuphana Universität Lüneburg
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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