All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of ...

Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. Advocates ...

This report analyses the implementation and impact of decentralisation in Sudan: To what extent has the efforts to implement decentralisation policies ...

Significant petroleum discoveries in Tanzania have shaped the country’s political discourse in recent years, with politicians promising to turn ...

Executive summary When Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) came to power in Venezuela in 1998, the military was bestowed with a new—and controversial—role ...

What does it take for a female politician to win a party nomination? We still know little about women’s entry into politics in countries without ...

Hawa Jibril, a poetess and a long-time activist for Somali women’s rights, identified male elders as a barrier to women’s inclusion in the ...

The manuscript for this book is a comparative study of the role and the status of women in national politics in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and ...

African Studies Association. Paper presented to the African Studies Association 43rd annual meeting, 16.-19. 11.2000

Food politics and famine in Bangladesh Rehman Sobhan DERAP Working Paper Asia: Bangladesh rehman s

A large number of Afghans have now been refugees for more than 23 years. Some have never seen their homeland and some have repeatedly been forced to leave ...

In early May 2005 researchers from Malawi and Norway met at a workshop on the shores of Lake Malawi to lay the foundation of a textbook on Government and Politics in Malawi for undergraduate students of political science. Once completed, the new textbook will fill a great gap as no comparable text with specific reference to Malawi is currently available.

The idea that you can incorporate humanitarian action into political agendas usually backfires, says Antonio Donini from the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University.

Ethiopian authorities are tightening the grip on political opponents, the Muslim minority and the media. Human Rights Watch describes the situation as alarming. The majority party in the soon to be Norwegian government has signaled cuts in aid to countries that do not respect human rights. Will they sacrifice Norwegian-Ethiopian relations on the altar of human rights?

The return of party politics in Nepal Lok Raj Baral Journal of Democracy lok raj baral lok raj ba

The two major political parties in Bangladesh are dynastic, like other well-known parties in South Asia. Political dynasty means a prominent political ...

Policing and the politics of protection on Lombok Kari G Telle Policing and the Politics of Order-M

Quota policies securing the presence of marginalised groups in decision-making bodies have been adopted across sub-Saharan Africa. These policies are ...

Policy recommendations for infrastructure provision usually build on a well-established understanding of best practice for sector governance. Too rarely ...

During the last decade many Latin American countries have resorted to mano dura (iron fist) politics and militarisation to combat crime, drugs and subversion. ...