In: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 9, 101–104.
weiter lesen »27. Mai 2020 | Publication
18. Mai 2020 | EDP Wire
Normative Jurisprudence: Finding a Solution for the Current Constitutional Impasse on the Postponement of the 2020 General Election in Ethiopia
Due to the Covid-19 related restrictions, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on March 31 that it is impossible to hold an election on August 30, 2020. This created a constitutional impasse as the constitution requires holding an election at least one month before the end of the House of Representatives‘ term which is the final week of the Ethiopian month of Meskerem (October 3-10). To resolve the deadlock, some opposition parties and the government put forward different solutions. This article examines the proposed solutions through the principle of normative jurisprudence.
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Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy
This EDP Wire is part of a German Development Institute (DIE) special series that explores the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.
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Socioeconomic Protests in MENA and Latin America. Egypt and Tunisia in Interregional Comparison
21. April 2020 | Publication
From Neo-Republicanism to Critical Republicanism
in: Leipold, Bruno/Nabulsi, Karma/White, Stuart (eds.), Radical Republicanism. Recovering the Tradition‘s Popular Heritage, Oxford University Press, 21-39.
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Internal Threats to EU’s External Democracy Support in Times of a Pandemic – Can the New EU Council Conclusions on Democracy still Kick-off?
In the course of the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, governments in Europe and across the world have called for states of emergency and restricted individual freedoms of their citizens in order to #FlattenTheCurve. While many citizens support the governmental initiatives, concerns about their implications on the state of democracy are growing stronger. Some fear that the coronavirus crisis will end in a crisis of democracy.
weiter lesen »1. April 2020 | Publication
Frieden und Entwicklung 2020: Eine Analyse aktueller Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse
Die Studie „Frieden und Entwicklung 2020“ analysiert aktuelle Entwicklungen, Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen und leitet daraus praxisorientierte Empfehlungen für die deutsche und internationale EZ ab. Sie wurde im Rahmen eines Ressortforschungsvorhabens für das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) erstellt. Methodisch stützt sich die Analyse auf 30 Interviews mit Expertinnen und Experten aus unterschiedlichen Weltregionen und ergänzt diese auf Basis einer Auswertung von Policy-Dokumenten und der einschlägigen Forschungsliteratur.
weiter lesen »1. April 2020 | Publication
Democracy
in: Olaf Kaltmeier/Anne Tittor/Daniel Hawkins/Eleonora Rohland (Hg.): The Routledge Handbook to the Political Economy and Governance of the Americas, London: Routledge, 341-349.
weiter lesen »1. April 2020 | EDP Wire
COVID-19 as a Threat to Civic Spaces Around the World
As countries across the globe are desperately trying to control the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly increasing number of governments have started to impose severe restrictions on core civic freedoms. Although restrictions are currently necessary to save lives and protect health care from overburdening, these emergency measures must be proportional and strictly limited in time. It is crucial to monitor how restrictions are implemented to prevent governments from using the current crisis to justify new constraints on civic spaces, which have already been shrinking in many places during the last 15 years.
weiter lesen »1. April 2020 | Publication