CSIS Human Rights Initiative Report (December 2018). Washington: Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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18. December 2018 | EDP Wire
Democracy Promotion and the Challenge of Shrinking Civic Spaces
In this weeks contribution, Annika and Jonas zoom in on one particularly noticeable phenomenon – the global spread of shrinking spaces for civil society actors – and discuss how this affects international civil society support
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Autocratization and Democratic Backsliding: Taking Stock of a Recent Debate
In his contribution to the EDP policy paper, Johannes focuses on rebuting the alarming notion of a global democratic rollback. He shows us that there is no general rise in autocratic regimes, but worrying developments indeed with regard to the quality of democratic regimes world-wide in terms of political rights and civil liberties
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Blocking the Bottleneck: Internet Shutdowns and Ownership at Election Times in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tina Freyburg and Lisa Garbe analyze the relationship between state ownership of Internet service providers (ISP), regime type, and presence of violence in seeking to explain why internet shutdowns occur in certain situations, focusing on election periods in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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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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Democracy Promotion in Times of Uncertainty
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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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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How the Internet Can Reinforce Authoritarian Regimes
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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