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    Democratic Rollback in Africa

    There is a global trend of democratic retrenchment across the world, in both new and more established democracies. The African continent is part of the …

    Den gode «fiende»: Fra flyktninger til seksuelle minoriteter

    Hvorfor kjører Polens nasjonal-konservative regjeringsparti LHBT-motstand som viktigste valgkamptema foran Europaparlamentsvalget i mai? Under slagordet «Ikke rør barna» har regjeringspartiet «Lov og rettferdighetspartiet» (PiS) i …

    Diktatorens lærebok: Kapittelet om Tanzania

    Lise Rakner (2018) MENINGER: Det går utforbakke med demokratiet og rettsstaten i Tanzania, skriver professor Lise Rakner. Stormangrepet på alle som kunne tenkes å kritisere …

    Do Donors Reduce Bilateral Aid to Countries with Restrictive NGO Laws? A Panel Study, 1993-2012

    Foreign aid contributes to about 10% of gross domestic product of developing countries. To distribute aid in recipient countries, Western donors increasingly rely on non-governmental …

    The Impact of Elections: The Case of Uganda

    About the book: What makes autocratic regimes vulnerable? Why, in times of crisis, do some of these regimes break down while others weather the storm? …

    Projects

    Rethinking democracy & law

      This project rethinks the way teaching is done in the field of Democracy & Law. It does so by building a new four-way collaboration …

    LawTransform: Effects of Rights & Law

    The project aims to consolidate the Centre on Law & Social Transformation (LawTransform) as a leading hub for scholarship on the use of law as …

    Breaking BAD: Understanding the Backlash Against Democracy in Africa

    Project team: Lise Rakner (Project leader), Leonardo Arriola, Siri Gloppen , Kendra Dupuy, Vibeke Wang, Fiona Shen-Bayh, Svein-Erik Helle (post-doctoral fellow) and Lisa-Marie Måseidvåg Selvik (PhD candidate). …

     

    News

    Tilbakeslag for rettsstaten og håp for 2019

    Globalt ble 2018 et dårlig år for rettsstaten. I sin åpningstale som ny FN-kommisjoner for menneskerettigheter, uttrykte Michelle Bachelet i september 2018 fortvilelse over de …

    Breaking BAD team participated in radio show

    During the Breaking BAD project meeting in Accra, Ghana, Lise Rakner (Principal Investigator, CMI/Uni. of Bergen), Nicolas van de Walle (Cornell University), Leo Arriola (Uni. of …

    Events

    Gendered Autocratization. PhD Conference 21-22 March with open and streamed keynotes and roundtables.

    Are you a PhD student and interested in the politics of gender and sexual and reproductive rights? This 2-day Conference-format PhD course is for you. …

    Divine Intervention: The role of the Pentecostal Church in Democratic Backlash in Africa

    Date, time: 4 December 2020, 16.00-17.00 Venue: Zoom To what extent has the Pentecostal church shaped politics in sub-Saharan states? To what extent is the …