Political semiotics of national campaign posters and pictorial representation: Thailand's 2011 general elections

There have been seven general elections, under Ghana's Fourth Republic, to elect presidents and members of parliament. There are laws regulating the electoral process and election results have generally been accepted and, in a few cases, challenged through the laid-down process. Elections in Ghana are nonetheless reportedly flawed with irregularities tainting the outcome and creating tensions and sometimes pockets of violence. This article examines the electoral process under Ghana's Fourth Republic, namely the adoption of regulations for each electoral cycle, voters’ registration and the voters’ register, nomination of aspirants, voting, counting of votes and declaration of the results. To ensure the integrity of the electoral process, the laws regulating elections should comply with the dictates of the procedural requirements of the rule of law and the Electoral Commission's actions must be consistent with these laws.

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Nation, Locality and Radical Identity

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474425612.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Malcolm Petrie

Keyword(s):

Working Class ◽

Communist Party ◽

The Political ◽

Central Control ◽

Election Campaigns ◽

Labour Movement ◽

General Elections ◽

Political Left ◽

National Model ◽

Selection Of

Concentrating upon the years between the 1924 and 1929 general elections, which separated the first and second minority Labour governments, this chapter traces the rise of a modernised, national vision of Labour politics in Scotland. It considers first the reworking of understandings of sovereignty within the Labour movement, as the autonomy enjoyed by provincial trades councils was circumscribed, and notions of Labour as a confederation of working-class bodies, which could in places include the Communist Party, were replaced by a more hierarchical, national model. The electoral consequences of this shift are then considered, as greater central control was exercised over the selection of parliamentary candidates and the conduct of election campaigns. This chapter presents a study of the changing horizons of the political left in inter-war Scotland, analysing the declining importance of locality in the construction of radical political identities.

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A Vote for Continuity: The 1978 General Elections in Malaysia

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1979.19.3.01p0031s ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 281-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diane K. Mauzy

Keyword(s):

General Elections

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Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture ◽

10.1525/lavc.2020.2.3.29 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 29-52

Author(s):

Antonio Bellisario ◽

Leslie Prock

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Political Violence ◽

Pictorial Representation ◽

The Political ◽

Left Wing ◽

Political Dimension ◽

Political Views ◽

Socialist Government ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Military

The article examines Chilean muralism, looking at its role in articulating political struggles in urban public space through a visual political culture perspective that emphasizes its sociological and ideological context. The analysis characterizes the main themes and functions of left-wing brigade muralism and outlines four subpolitical phases: (i) Chilean mural painting’s beginnings in 1940–1950, especially following the influence of Mexican muralism, (ii) the development of brigade muralism for political persuasion under the context of revolutionary sociopolitical upheaval during the 1960s and in the socialist government of Allende from 1970 to 1973, (iii) the characteristics of muralism during the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1980s as a form of popular protest, and (iv) muralism to express broader social discontent during the return to democracy in the 1990s. How did the progressive popular culture movement represent, through murals, the political hopes during Allende’s government and then the political violence suffered under the military dictatorship? Several online repositories of photographs of left-wing brigade murals provide data for the analysis, which suggests that brigade muralism used murals mostly for political expression and for popular education. Visual art’s inherent political dimension is enmeshed in a field of power constituted by hegemony and confrontation. The muralist brigades executed murals to express their political views and offer them to all spectators because the street wall was within everyone's reach. These murals also suggested ideas that went beyond pictorial representation; thus, muralism was a process of education that invited the audience to decipher its polysemic elements.

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Political Communication: Redefining Contemporary Political Management Practices

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i11.9951 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (11) ◽

pp. 255-268

Author(s):

Amit Kumar

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Communication ◽

Management Practices ◽

Complex Nature ◽

Political Event ◽

Indian Politics ◽

Modern Politics ◽

Political Branding ◽

General Elections

Modern politics, particularly prevalent in the Western Democracies, is replete with instances wherein communication has come to play a pivotal role in the formation or dislodging a government. This is not to say that in traditional political scenario, the role of communication was any lesser. Far from it, communication has always characterized the build-up of events in politics. However, the significance of the same has increased manifold thanks to the advent of social media and complex nature of modern politics as well as due to rise of such concepts as political branding which has gained traction in the wake of proliferation of technology. The same holds true in the Indian political scenario as well. The last few years have redefined the role of communication and its tools in Indian politics, especially during a mega-political event like election. The last two general elections were testimonies to the same. The might of social media has been realized by even its staunchest critics. Along with it, the popular concept of permanent campaign has also characterized the phenomenon of political communication. This paper goes on to explore the underlying concept of political communication and how the same has come to influence the turn of events as well as the final outcome of an election.

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Specification for symbols for the pictorial representation of aircraft cargo handling systems for unit load devices (ULDs)

10.3403/00178901u ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Pictorial Representation ◽

Unit Load ◽

Cargo Handling

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Specification for symbols for the pictorial representation of aircraft cargo handling systems for unit load devices (ULDs)

10.3403/00178901 ◽

1988 ◽

Keyword(s):

Pictorial Representation ◽

Unit Load ◽

Cargo Handling

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At the Simla Conference and in the General Elections

10.1093/oso/9780199467099.003.0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

J.S. Grewal

Keyword(s):

Large Degree ◽

Large Majority ◽

Degree Of Polarization ◽

Considerable Proportion ◽

Executive Council ◽

Crucial Importance ◽

The Future ◽

General Elections ◽

The Right

On Lord Wavell’s initiative, the Simla Conference was held to discuss the proposal of a new executive council and a new constitution for India after the war. Master Tara Singh represented the Sikh community at the Simla Conference. The Conference failed due to Jinnah’s insistence that the Muslim League alone had the right to nominate Muslim representatives on the Executive Council. The failure of the Conference made the general elections of 1945–6 all the more important. The general elections resulted in a large degree of polarization between the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. The Muslim League got Muslim mandate in favour of Pakistan. The Congress got a mandate of Hindus and a considerable proportion of the Sikhs for independence without partition. The Akalis got support of the large majority of the Sikhs for an independent political entity of the Sikhs. This polarization was of crucial importance for the future.

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