7. August 2019 | News

Johannes Gerschewski joins Cluster of Excellence “SCRIPTS”

In June 2019, Johannes returned to Berlin and joined the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)” at Freie Universität Berlin. “SCRIPTS” is a joint endeavor of various Berlin-based universities and research institutes that are dedicated to analyze the various contestations that liberalism expereinces, ranging from populism, authoritarianism, nationalism, to questions of citizenship and migration, from social inequality and free markets to different understandings of temporalities and critiques of ideas of linear progress. The Cluster is explicitly global, historical, and global in its outlook, unifying various disciplines under one thematic umbrella.

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28. July 2019 | Publication

Supporting peace after civil war: what kind of international engagement can make a difference?

in: DIE Briefing Paper 23/2018, online first.

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28. July 2019 | Publication

Democracy support and peaceful democratisation after civil war

in: DIE Briefing Paper 7/2019, online first.

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28. July 2019 | Publication

First Peace, then Democracy? Evaluating Strategies of International Support at Critical Junctures after Civil War

in: International Peacekeeping (2019), 26:2,190-215, online first.

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28. July 2019 | Publication

Social and economic inequalities’ effects on inclusive governance

in: DIE Discussion Paper 7/2019, online first.

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26. July 2019 | Publication

Simulating Pluralism: The Language of Democracy in Hegemonic Authoritarianism

in: Political Research Exchange, 1:1, 1-23

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16. July 2019 | Publication

Enabling autocracy? Peacebuilding and post-conflict authoritarianism in the Democratic Republic of Congo

in: European Journal of International Relations, 25:3, 698-722

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10. July 2019 | EDP Wire

Negotiating democracy with authoritarian regimes. EU democracy promotion in North Africa

This EDP Wire contribution briefly summarizes the seventh and last article “Negotiating democracy with authoritarian regimes. EU democracy promotion in North Africa” of the recent Democratization special issue “The negotiation of democracy promotion. Issues, parameters and consequences“, edited by EDP network members Annika E. Poppe, Julia Leininger and Jonas Wolff. With the help of the generous support of the Leibniz Association, the entire special issue “The negotiation of democracy promotion: Issues, parameters and consequences” is available online as open access.

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5. July 2019 | Publication

Socioeconomic Protests in MENA and Latin America: Egypt and Tunisia in Interregional Comparison

This edited volume presents a detailed account of the dynamics of socioeconomic contention in Egypt and Tunisia since 2011. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, it analyses what has happened to the socioeconomic grievances that played a key role in the mass mobilizations of 2010 and 2011.

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3. July 2019 | EDP Wire

Democracy promotion in EU enlargement negotiations: more interaction, less hierarchy

This EDP Wire contribution briefly summarizes the article “Democracy promotion in EU enlargement negotiations: more interaction, less hierarchy” of the recent Democratization special issue “The negotiation of democracy promotion. Issues, parameters and consequences“, edited by EDP network members Annika E. Poppe, Julia Leininger and Jonas Wolff. With the help of the generous support of the Leibniz Association, the entire special issue “The negotiation of democracy promotion: Issues, parameters and consequences” is available online as open access.

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