17. Oktober 2019 | News

Book release: US Democracy Promotion after the Cold War: Stability, Basic Premises, and Policy towards Egypt

Annika Elena Poppe, EDP Network member, published her dissertation “U.S. Democracy Promotion after the Cold War: Stability, Basic Premises, and Policy towards Egypt“ as a book.

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16. Oktober 2019 | Publication

Long Live the Neo-traditional Kings? The Gulf Cooperation Council and Legitimation of Monarchical Rule in the Arabian Peninsula

in: Middle East Critique, 28:4, 381-403

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16. Oktober 2019 | Publication

Is there difference in democracy promotion? A comparison of German and US democracy assistance in transitional Tunisia

in: Democratization, 26:7, 1216-1234

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7. Oktober 2019 | Publication

From driver of change to marginalised actor: organised labour in post-revolutionary Egypt from a comparative perspective

The paper analyses why Egypt’s labour movement, while having played a significant role in the run-up to the 2011 revolution, has been increasingly marginalised politically ever since, failing to achieve either significant labour-specific gains and/or broader objectives related to the overall process of political transformation.

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1. Oktober 2019 | Publication

Internationale Reaktionen auf Krisen der Demokratie

in: Hartmann, Thomas/Dahm, Jochen/Decker, Frank (eds): Die Zukunft der Demokratie. Erkämpft, verteidigt – gefährdet?, Bonn: J.H.W. Dietz, 282-293.

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19. September 2019 | EDP Wire

Can the new Ethiopian CSO proclamation open space for CSOs to contribute to the 2020 election of Ethiopia?

This post details the major changes of the 2019 Organizations of Civil Society Proclamation No. 1113/2019 proclamation which aims to open space for CSOs to contribute to the country’s democracy and human right promotion. While the analysis ”Negotiating international civil society support: the case of Ethiopia’s 2009 Charities and Societies Proclamation” sheds light on the process of international negotiations of the old proclamation and outlines the consequences of the proclamation for international civil society support in Ethiopia, the current post presents the differences of the two laws. It concludes by looking forward to the upcoming 2020 general election of Ethiopia.

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14. September 2019 | exMember

Felix Haass

Universität Oslo
Oslo, Norwegen

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1. September 2019 | Publication

The Risks of Election Observation: International Condemnation and Post-Election Violence

in: International Studies Quarterly, 63:3, 654–667

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20. August 2019 | exMember

Seraphine Maerz

Universität Göteborg
Göteborg, Schweden

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17. August 2019 | Publication

Love at First Sight? Populist Attitudes and Support for Direct Democracy

in: Party Politics, online zuerst.

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