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Xenophobia, Migrancy and Multiculturalism
Different causes and expressions of xenophobia are analysed by comparing three countries: South Africa, Germany and Canada.
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The Politics of Judicial Review in South Africa
South Africa’s turn to liberal constitutionalism has attracted wide interest from comparative politics scholars.
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The Global Crisis and the Future of Democracy
The project is concerned with the sustainability of democracy around the globe in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial and economic crisis.
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The Quality of Young Democracies
After the initial euphoria surrounding democratic transitions since the 1990’s, what is the present state and future prospects of these young democracies?
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STIAS Series Volume 19: Prospects for Regional Integration in Africa: A Comparative Perspective
Prospects for Regional Integration in Africa: A Comparative Perspective Andreas Freytag, Abena D. Oduro AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2025 ) ISBN 97...
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Routes to Reform. Education Politics in Latin America
Schneider, Ben Ross. 2024. Routes to Reform. Education Politics in Latin America. Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/p...
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Paths from Personalist Rule: Understanding Institutional Transformation in Contemporary Africa
This project analyzes the fates of rulers and regimes which came to power in Africa in the 1980s-90s.
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Democracy and Executive Power: Policymaking Accountability in the US, the UK, Germany, and France
Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 2021. Democracy and Executive Power: Policymaking Accountability in the US, the UK, Germany, and France. Yale Universi...
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Federalism in Africa in Comparative Perspective
Federalism is arguably one of the less explored subjects in African political studies.
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Are We All Amazon Primed? Consumers and the Politics of Platform Power
Culpepper, Pepper D., and Kathleen Thelen. 2019. Are We All Amazon Primed? Consumers and the Politics of Platform Power. Comparative Politic...
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Market Economy or Social Welfare Policy? The Programmatic Responses of Political Parties to the Global Recession
Klingeman, Hans-Dieter. 2015. Market Economy or Social Welfare Policy? The Programmatic Responses of Political Parties to the Global Recessi...
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The Impact of the Great Recession on Regime Change: Economic and Political Interactions
Berg-Schlosser, Dirk. 2015. The Impact of the Great Recession on Regime Change: Economic and Political Interactions. Taiwan Journal of Democ...
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The Emergence of Democracy: Forces and Counter-Forces
Berg-Schlosser, Dirk. 2015. The Emergence of Democracy: Forces and Counter-Forces. Government and Opposition 50 (03): 336–63. doi:10.1017/go...
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Comparative territorial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Erk, Jan. 2018. Comparative territorial politics in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Handbook of Territorial Politics (pp. 354–370). Edward Elgar Publ...
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Political culture in Africa and post-communist Europe: towards explaining the logic of democratic underdevelopment
The strategic aim is to prepare a book for publication that describes and explains the vicissitudes of democracy and underdevelopment in Africa and Eastern Europe by method of comparison.
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The Politics of Education Reform in Middle-Income Countries
A growing scholarly consensus views high quality education as essential for sustained and equitable development.
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Institutional constraints on cabinet formation, coalition governance and cabinet termination
This project examines the dynamic relationships between the key actors of representative democracy in EU member states: voters, political parties, parliaments and governments.
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Three Paths to Constitutionalism
There are three paths to constitutionalism in the modern world.
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The Performance of Democracies (2)
Democracy as an overall model for how societies should be governed must be seen as a remarkable success.
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Opposition in African Politics: The Case of Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya
This research examines the idea of opposition in African politics against the backdrop of problems inherent in the democratization process in contemporary Africa with a view to analyzing their dimensions and implications for the development of the continent and her peoples.
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Democracy at the Crossroads? Normative, performance and legitimacy changes in contemporary democracies
Current crises can hardly be reduced to fiscal or economic phenomena; they seem to be much deeper, including the crisis of democracy per se.
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Understanding Southern welfare – social policies in Brazil, India, China and South Africa
A mid-term research programme focusing on the ideational foundations of social policies beyond traditional Northern welfare will be fleshed out.
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The Impact of the Global Recession on Party Policy Preferences
The project continues and wants to bring to an end a project that has been started at STIAS in March 2013.