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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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Directorial Authority and the Formation of the Modern Executive. The Governance of the African Chartered Companies
This is a proposal that seeks to advance a new interpretation of the history of the formation of ideas and institutions of the Executive branch of government.
Publication
Democracy under Scrutiny: Elites, citizens, cultures
Ursula J van Beek (editor). 2010. Democracy under Scrutiny: Elites, citizens, cultures. Barbara Budrich Publishers (Leverkusen Opladen), 300...
Publication
Vergleichende Methoden in Der Transformationsforschung: Politische Kultur
Berg-Schlosser, Dirk. 2015. Vergleichende Methoden in Der Transformationsforschung: Politische Kultur. In Handbuch Transformationsforschung,...
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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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We Don't Need Another Hero
In a 2008, post-Polokwane missive to ANC president, Jacob Zuma, declaring his refusal to campaign for the African National Congress (ANC) in the upcoming 2009 general election, recently-deposed South African President Thabo Mbeki famously declared:… I find it strange in the extreme that today cadres of our movement attach the label of a cult of personality to me, and indeed publicly declare a determination to kill to defend your own cause, the personal interests of the personality, Jacob Zuma!
