in: Government and Opposition, 55:3, 511-532.
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18. June 2020 | Publication
Latin America and COVID-19. Political Rights and Presidential Leadership to the Test
27. May 2020 | EDP Wire
Developing Peace: Impulses for German and International Development Cooperation
This EDP Wire summarizes the results of the study “Peace and Development 2020: An Analysis of Current Experiences and Findings”, which was conducted at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
read more »27. May 2020 | Publication
Einleitung zum Forum: „Evaluation der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung durch den Wissenschaftsrat“
18. May 2020 | EDP Wire
Normative Jurisprudence: Finding a Solution for the Current Constitutional Impasse on the Postponement of the 2020 General Election in Ethiopia
Due to the Covid-19 related restrictions, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on March 31 that it is impossible to hold an election on August 30, 2020. This created a constitutional impasse as the constitution requires holding an election at least one month before the end of the House of Representatives’ term which is the final week of the Ethiopian month of Meskerem (October 3-10). To resolve the deadlock, some opposition parties and the government put forward different solutions. This article examines the proposed solutions through the principle of normative jurisprudence.
read more »6. May 2020 | EDP Wire
Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy
This EDP Wire is part of a German Development Institute (DIE) special series that explores the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.
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Socioeconomic Protests in MENA and Latin America. Egypt and Tunisia in Interregional Comparison
21. April 2020 | Publication
From Neo-Republicanism to Critical Republicanism
in: Leipold, Bruno/Nabulsi, Karma/White, Stuart (eds.), Radical Republicanism. Recovering the Tradition‘s Popular Heritage, Oxford University Press, 21-39.
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Internal Threats to EU’s External Democracy Support in Times of a Pandemic – Can the New EU Council Conclusions on Democracy still Kick-off?
In the course of the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, governments in Europe and across the world have called for states of emergency and restricted individual freedoms of their citizens in order to #FlattenTheCurve. While many citizens support the governmental initiatives, concerns about their implications on the state of democracy are growing stronger. Some fear that the coronavirus crisis will end in a crisis of democracy.
read more »16. April 2020 | Publication