12. July 2017 | Publication

Schlechtes Vorbild Deutschland

PRIF Spotlight 2/2017, Frankfurt: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF).

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1. July 2017 | News

Summer School: Democratization in a Globalized and Mediatized World

Democratization in a globalized and mediatized world was the topic of the 2017 Summer School held in St. Gallen and organized by the School of Economics and Political Science (University of St. Gallen) and the Doctoral Program Democracy Studies. The …

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21. June 2017 | Publication

The contested spaces of civil society in a plural world: norm contestation in the debate about restrictions on international civil society support

in: Contemporary Politics, published online: 21 June 2017.

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18. June 2017 | Publication

Institutional Overlap and Responses to Political Crises in South America

in: Suarez, Marcial A.G./Duarte Villa, Rafael A./Weiffen, Brigitte (eds): Power Dynamics and Regional Security in Latin America, Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 173-197.

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7. June 2017 | Publication

The three pillars and the survival of electoral autocracies – A reply

in: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 11: 2, 237-246.

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1. June 2017 | News

EDP Network organizes authors workshop at PRIF in Frankfurt

From May 18-19, the EDP Network hosted the authors workshop on the topic of “Democracy Promotion Negotiation” at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), which is part of the Leibniz Association. In the two days, we discussed the papers of our …

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31. May 2017 | EDP Wire

International Cooperation and Authoritarianism: Dilemmas of International Democracy Promotion

More than six years after the wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, it is clear that the ‘Arab Spring’ has not put an end to the exceptional persistence of authoritarianism in the region. At the same time, it has highlighted the shortcomings of international democracy promotion efforts vis-à-vis these authoritarian regimes in the region.

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30. May 2017 | News

Roundtable Discussion: Democracy Under Fire? at Willy Brandt School of Public Policy

On Thursday, June 1, EDP-Network member Solveig Richter will be a panelist at the roundtable discussion: Democracy Under Fire?! at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt. The event – co-funded by the EDP Network – will discuss current …

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22. May 2017 | News

EDP visiting experts at PRIF to focus on “Democracy Promotion Negotiation”

After participating in our Special Issue Authors Workshop on the topic of „Democracy Promotion Negotiation“ on May 18-19, Prof. Andrea Ribeiro Hofmann (Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Dr. Prakash Bhattarai (Centre for Social Change, Nepal) remain at …

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21. May 2017 | Publication

Politik der Beherrschung: Eine kritische Theorie externer Demokratieförderung

Berlin: Suhrkamp

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