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January 7, 2019 | EDP Wire | Tina Freyburg, Robert Huber, Steffen Mohrenberg
In this Wire, the authors discuss whether populist parties deliver one of the core demands that their supporters press for.
read more »December 18, 2018 | EDP Wire | Annika E. Poppe, Jonas Wolff
In this weeks contribution, Annika and Jonas zoom in on one particularly noticeable phenomenon – the global spread of shrinking spaces for civil society actors – and discuss how this affects international civil society support
read more »December 11, 2018 | EDP Wire | Johannes Gerschewski
In his contribution to the EDP policy paper, Johannes focuses on rebuting the alarming notion of a global democratic rollback. He shows us that there is no general rise in autocratic regimes, but worrying developments indeed with regard to the quality of democratic regimes world-wide in terms of political rights and civil liberties
read more »December 11, 2018 | EDP Wire | Tina Freyburg, Lisa Garbe
Tina Freyburg and Lisa Garbe analyze the relationship between state ownership of Internet service providers (ISP), regime type, and presence of violence in seeking to explain why internet shutdowns occur in certain situations, focusing on election periods in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
read more »December 4, 2018 | EDP Wire | Annika E. Poppe, Solveig Richter, Jonas Wolff
Annika, Jonas, and Solveig take stock of the key challenges and trends in international democracy promotion in this weeks contribution. They introduce the overall question that informed the EDP policy report, suggest a reconceptualisation of democracy promotion research, and give a short overview over the coming contributions.
read more »November 23, 2018 | EDP Wire |
Is democracy in crisis throughout the world and how alarmed should we be? And what about international democracy promotion – is there a need for reconceptualization? The joint policy paper written by the EDP members aims at giving a concise and pointed overview of key trends and challenges that characterize the field of international democracy promotion today, and it offers recommendations for democracy promoters and policy makers on how to continue a more promising engagement.
read more »August 9, 2018 | EDP Wire | Sonja Grimm, Brigitte Weiffen
When trying to explain the outcomes of post-conflict democratisation, scholars have mostly examined the role of external actors and their capabilities and deficiencies. In turn, a special issue edited by Sonja Grimm and Brigitte Weiffen sheds light on the domestic side of post-conflict democratization.
read more »July 30, 2018 | EDP Wire | Jonas Wolff
Instead of letting governments define the terms, CSOs need to take “foreign agent” allegations seriously and address them strategically.
read more »July 9, 2018 | EDP Wire | Solveig Richter
In this EDP wire contribution Solveig Richter, Juniorprofessor for International Conflict Management at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy and EDP member, answers the question ‘What are the current political and societal challenges in Colombia after the presidential elections regarding the peace process, and what is the population expecting from the incoming government?’.
read more »April 18, 2018 | EDP Wire | Tina Freyburg, Nora Berger-Kern
Die Methode des aktiven Lernens, die Studierende durch den Einsatz verschiedener Lerntechniken dazu ermutigen soll, durch Interaktion und Kooperation verbesserte und nachhaltigere Lernergebnisse zu erzielen, wird traditionellen Lehrmethoden immer häufiger vorgezogen.
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