6. December 2016 | News

Summer School on Democracy and Democracy Promotion at the University of St Gallen / Call for Applications for Doctoral Researchers

The Summer School in Democracy Studies takes place at the University of St Gallen from 26 to 30 June 2017. EDP member Tina Freyburg is organizing this summer school, together with the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Democracy. …

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5. December 2016 | Publication

It’s institutions, not theology! Muslim actors’ influence on democratization in Mali

in: Politics and Religion, 9: 4, 815-842.

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30. October 2016 | EDP Wire

Contextualizing democracy promotion

The author identifies five sets of individual, societal, cultural, political and spatial factors that help to identify patterns of democracy promotion’s context. Such patterns serve to better understand and explain democracy promotion in the future. They inform both, research and policy-making.

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26. October 2016 | Publication

The Electronic Face of Authoritarianism: E-Government as a Tool for Gaining Legitimacy in Competitive and Non-Competitive Regimes

in: Government Information Quarterly, 33:4, 727–735

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16. October 2016 | Publication

Whose Peace?: Local Ownership and United Nations Peacekeeping

Oxford University Press [Short-listed for ISA Chadwick Alger Award 2016]

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10. October 2016 | Publication

Mali seit 1992: Erfolge und Schwächen einer jungen Demokratie

in: Hofbauer, Martin/Münch, Philipp (eds.): Mali: Wegweiser zur Geschichte, Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 71-81.

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28. September 2016 | News

EDP Network endorses Call for Solidarity in support of Turkish academics

Turkish academics who signed the Peace Petition have been linked by the Government of Turkey with the coup attempt in July 2016. Following the coup attempt, the government and university administrations systematically attempted to purge public services from influences of …

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24. September 2016 | EDP Wire

Dealing with autocracies: do sustainable development goals help?

In the Agenda 2030 with its global goals for sustainable development (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs) the international community has made an attempt to define universal governance standards.

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1. September 2016 | Publication

¿Escudo efectivo o tigre de papel? La Carta Democrática Interamericana a los 15 años

in: Pensamiento Propio, 43, 19-64.

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24. June 2016 | Publication

Between Banyans and battle scenes: Liberal norms, contestation, and the limits of critique

in: Review of International Studies, 42: 3, 513-534.

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