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29. Mai 2019 | EDP Wire | Annika Elena Poppe, Julia Leininger, Jonas Wolff
The negotiation of democracy promotion: Introducing a new perspective on dynamics of interaction in the promotion of democracy
Democracy is not simply a good that can be exported from one country to another. Democracy promotion, by definition, involves interaction between external actors and various kinds of “local actors”, “recipients” or “partners”. But the complex interplay between external and local actors is rarely studied in democracy promotion research. A new special issue of the journal Democratization, edited by EDP network members Annika E. Poppe, Julia Leininger and Jonas Wolff, contributes to filling this research gap by looking at negotiations in and of democracy promotion. This contribution to the EDP Wire briefly summarizes the introduction to the special issue.
weiter lesen »23. April 2019 | EDP Wire | Prakash Bhattarai
The New Federal Structure in Nepal: Challenges and Opportunities for Quality Governance
This EDP Wire was written by Dr. Prakash Bhattarai, Director of the Centre for Social Change in Nepal and a former PRIF guest researcher by invitation of the EDP Network. In his article, he argues that if managed well, the new federal structure of Nepal as provisioned in the Constitution of 2015 has an immense potential to promote local democracy and equip citizens with fundamental rights but also finds that Nepal is practicing federalism in the midst of fear, mistrust, and dubious mind-sets of political elites without a clear vision of its future.
weiter lesen »21. März 2019 | EDP Wire | Solveig Richter, Natasha Wunsch
How EU conditionality entrenches state capture in the Western Balkans
This EDP Wire was originally posted on blogs.lse.ac.uk. The article argues that the EU enlargement process in the Western Balkans has fallen short of reproducing the transformative impact it had in Central and Eastern Europe. EDP member Solveig Richter and …
weiter lesen »15. März 2019 | EDP Wire | Sonja Grimm
EDP Workshop Report: „Why to Fight against Dictatorship at high personal costs?”
Under the direction of two of our network members, Sonja Grimm (University of Konstanz / University of Basel) and Annika Elena Poppe (PRIF), the EDP network organized a workshop on January 17–18 on “Why to fight against dictatorship at high …
weiter lesen »8. März 2019 | EDP Wire | Annika E. Poppe, Jonas Wolff
Gemeinnützigkeit in Deutschland: Karneval und Religion ja, Politik und Menschenrechte nein
In einem Aufsehen erregenden Urteil hat der Bundesfinanzhof die Entscheidung des Hessischen Finanzgerichts verworfen, das den Trägerverein des globalisierungskritischen Netzwerks Attac als gemeinnützig eingestuft hatte. Die Entscheidung hat weit über den Einzelfall hinaus Brisanz, insofern sie dem politischen Engagement zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisationen klare Grenzen setzt.
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