4. December 2018 | EDP Wire

Democracy Promotion in the 21st Century

Annika, Jonas, and Solveig take stock of the key challenges and trends in international democracy promotion in this weeks contribution. They introduce the overall question that informed the EDP policy report, suggest a reconceptualisation of democracy promotion research, and give a short overview over the coming contributions.

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23. November 2018 | Publication

Democracy Promotion in Times of Uncertainty

PRIF Report 13/2018, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.

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23. November 2018 | EDP Wire

Democracy Promotion in Times of Uncertainty – Trends and Challenges

Is demo­cracy in crisis through­out the world and how alarmed should we be? And what about inter­national demo­cracy pro­motion – is there a need for re­concept­ualization? The joint policy paper written by the EDP members aims at giving a con­cise and pointed over­view of key trends and challenges that charac­terize the field of inter­national demo­cracy pro­motion today, and it offers re­commen­dations for demo­cracy pro­moters and policy makers on how to con­tinue a more pro­mising engage­ment.

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24. October 2018 | News

Call for Papers: “Why to Fight against Dictatorship at high personal costs? Studying Political Activism and its Leadership in Autocracies”

An EDP workshop organized by PD Dr. Sonja Grimm (University of Konstanz/University of Basel) in cooperation with the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt   Date: 17-18 January 2019 Workshop location: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Baseler Str. 27-31, 60329 Frankfurt (three minutes …

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21. October 2018 | Publication

How the Internet Can Reinforce Authoritarian Regimes

in: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 19, 12-19.

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15. October 2018 | News

Sonja Grimm: Habilitation Thesis on International Democracy Promotion in Post-conflict Societies and Fragile States

In the cumulative habilitation project Sonja Grimm investigates the instruments and strategies of international democracy promotion in post-conflict societies and fragile states, the effects of such external support and the reasons for the (mostly limited) effectiveness of international democracy promotion. Three …

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4. October 2018 | Publication

Ecuador after Correa. The Struggle over the “Citizens’ Revolution”

in: Revista de Ciencia Política, 38:2, 281-302.

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1. October 2018 | News

Network meeting at PRIF in Frankfurt during the 27th GPSA congress

On September 27, our network members gathered during the 27th congress of the German Political Science Association (GPSA) at Goethe University Frankfurt to catch up on network related activities. During the meeting we discussed final touches to our joint policy …

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21. September 2018 | Publication

Legitimacy in Autocracies: Oxymoron or Essential Feature?

in: Perspectives on Politics 16:3, 652-665.

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4. September 2018 | Publication

Colombia Under the Duque Government. Policy options to strengthen the peace process

PRIF Spotlight 10/2018, Frankfurt: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.

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