Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland

Tässä maisterintutkielmassa vertasin keskenään Malesian ja Puolan poliittisia järjestelmiä Wolfgang Merkelin kehittämän käsitteen demokratian ´kytkeytyneisyydestä’ (embedded democracy) avulla. Demokratia on Merkelin mukaan ’kytkeytynyt’, kun kaikki demokratian eri osa-alueet ovat kunnossa ja keskenä...

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Main Author: Hakala, Eevi
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2023
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/92129
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description Tässä maisterintutkielmassa vertasin keskenään Malesian ja Puolan poliittisia järjestelmiä Wolfgang Merkelin kehittämän käsitteen demokratian ´kytkeytyneisyydestä’ (embedded democracy) avulla. Demokratia on Merkelin mukaan ’kytkeytynyt’, kun kaikki demokratian eri osa-alueet ovat kunnossa ja keskenään tasapainoissa toisiinsa nähden. Tässä tutkielmassa selvitetään aineiston avulla, ovatko Puolan ja Malesian poliittiset järjestelmät demokraattisia. Tutkimuskysymykseni olivat: mitä voidaan oppia liberaalidemokratioista vertailemalla toisiinsa kahta eri maanosan maata? Ovatko Puola ja Malesia demokraattisia käsitteen ’kytkeytynyt demokratia’ mukaan? Aineistoni perustui pääosin Freedom Housen julkaisemaan Freedom in the World-raporttiin vuodelta 2021. Aineiston analysoinnin tueksi käytin laajalti aiheeseen liittyvää tutkimuskirjallisuutta. Tutkielmani on henkilökohtainen. Aiheen valinta perustui pääosin haluuni oppia enemmän Puolan ja Malesian poliittisista järjestelmistä. Vertailevan tutkimuksen tekeminen sopii tähän tavoitteeseen erittäin hyvin. Tutkimustuloksissa selvisi, että Malesian ja Puolan demokraattinen tilanne on käytetyn teorian ja aineiston pohjalta selvästi erilainen ja Puola näistä maista on demokraattisempi. Maiden väliltä löytyi myös merkittäviä yhtäläisyyksiä, joista esiin nostin tässä tutkielmassa: 1) vastahakoinen asenne länsimaista liberalismia kohtaan, 2) uskonnon vahva vaikutus yhteiskunnassa ja politiikassa, sekä 3) syrjivät asenteet ja käytänteet naisten ja HLBTQ+ ihmisten poliittista osallistumista kohtaan, mikä implikoi voimakasta kulttuurikonservatismia. In this master thesis I compare the political systems of Malaysia and Poland. My comparison of the political systems of Poland and Malaysia is based on data from the Freedom of the World report in year 2021.The key analytical concept for the thought experiment is Wolfgang Merkel’ s concept of embedded democracy. I chose the topic because I wanted to learn more about the political systems of these countries. Comparative study was beneficial for my personal aims. My research questions were: what can be learned about liberal democracy by comparing two political systems from different geographic regions? Are these countries democratic according to the concept of embedded democracy? As anticipated, the results of my thesis show the level of democratic practices differing between Malaysia and Poland, with Poland displaying more democratic characteristics. However, based on my analysis, I found that the countries also have three common factors, which are 1) reluctant attitude towards Western liberalism, 2) strong influence of religion in politics and society, and 3) discriminative attitudes and practices towards political participation of women and LGBTQ+ people, implying strong cultural conservatism.
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title Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland
title_full Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland
title_fullStr Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland
title_full_unstemmed Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland
title_short Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism
title_sort opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism comparative analysis of the political systems of malaysia and poland
title_sub comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland
title_txtP Opposing western liberal values through cultural conservatism : comparative analysis of the political systems of Malaysia and Poland
topic Freedom House Valtio-oppi Political Science 208 demokratia poliittiset järjestelmät democracy political systems
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