14. February 2021 | Publication

The Democracy Dilemma. Aid, Power-Sharing Governments, and Post-Conflict Democratization

in: Conflict Management and Peace Science, 38:2, 200-223

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1. February 2021 | News

Rebecca Wagner is Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek in 2021

In the context of her PhD project on the dynamics of shrinking civic spaces during contentious elections, Rebecca Wagner is affiliated as Associate Reserach Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. Her field research in Kyrgyzstan will take place in …

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21. January 2021 | Publication

Explanations of Institutional Change. Reflecting on a ‘Missing Diagonal’

in: American Political Science Review, 115:1, 218-233.

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14. January 2021 | Publication

At a crossroads: Kyrgyzstan after the recent elections

PRIF Spotlight 1/2021

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14. January 2021 | Publication

Erosion or Decay? Conceptualizing Causes and Mechanisms of Democratic Regression

In: Democratization, 28:1, 43-62.  

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30. December 2020 | Publication

Breaking the vicious circle: Can the new Moldovan president Sandu succeed in balancing relations with the EU and Russia?

PRIF Spotlight 19/2020

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18. December 2020 | Publication

What Do We Know about Struggles over Neoliberal Reforms? The Political Economy and the Contentious Politics of Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Latin America and beyond

In: PRIF Working Paper No. 51, Frankfurt/M.

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18. December 2020 | EDP Wire

Kyrgyzstan Before the Presidential Elections

Kyrgyz citizens will vote for a new President on 10 January 2021. Protests have caused the annulation of the parliamentary elections of 04 October 2020 which resulted in a series of high-ranked officials’ resignations and the third ouster of a President in the country’s recent history. Since then, the political landscape is changing quickly. Recent developments, including an initiated constitutional reform process, cast doubts on the future democratic path of Kyrgyzstan.

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17. December 2020 | Publication

One Year Later: The Legacy of Latin America’s 2019 Mass Protests

in: Alternatives Economiques, Hors-Série No 122, 01/2021, pp. 44-45; English translation on PRIF blog, 17 December 2020.

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12. December 2020 | Publication

Who votes for new parties? Economic voting, political ideology and populist attitudes

In: West European Politics, Volume 43, Issue 1

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