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Governing Arab reform: Governmentality and counter-conduct in European democracy promotion in the Arab world

Malmvig, Helle - 2012

Since the early 1990s promoters of European democracy have sought to further political reform in the Arab world through so-called reform programmes based on notions of equality and local ownership (the ENP, the Barcelona Process, and a host of bilateral reform initiatives).European reform...

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Recognition and democratisation: New roles for traditional leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kyed, Helene Maria; Buur, Lars - 2006

recognition of traditional leaders in decentralised governance. Despite the ambiguous relationship between traditional leaders and … officially form part of establishing some kind of bottom-up benign governance based on a variety of different local, national and … and ask how in practice traditional leaders are drawn into local governance through state policies. An edited version of …

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The logic of Black Economic Empowerment

Southall, Roger - 2006

The policies relating to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in South Africa constitute a logical unfolding of a strategy which has been largely dictated by the history of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the nature of the democratic settlement of 1994, and the structure of the South...

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To BEE or not to BEE? South Africa's 'Black Economic Empowerment' (BEE), corporate governance and the state in the South

Ponte, Stefano; Roberts, Simon; van Sittert, Lance - 2006

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has been a major policy thrust of the democratic governments in South Africa since 1994 in attempting to redress the effects of apartheid. This paper explores the historical precedents to BEE in South Africa, its origins, and its points of contact with the...

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Democratic governance in post-conflict Liberia: An interview with Dr. Amos Swayer

Andersen, Louise - 2007

system of ‘polycentric governance’ is better suited to the social and political realities in Africa’s fragile states than the …

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Furthering democracy through the European Union's development policy: Legal limitations and possibilities

Broberg, Morten - 2010

This working paper provides an analysis of the efforts by the European Union to support democracy building in developing countries. It focuses on the specific question of the legal obligations of, and limits for, the European Union in seeking to further democracy through its policies directed at...

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Governing khat: Drugs and democracy in Somaliland

Hansen, Peter - 2009

This new DIIS Working Paper examines the role of the mild stimulant khat in the economic and political transformation of the independent, yet internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. Rather than seeing khat as a hindrance for nation-state formation and as a developmental problem, the...

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Autoritære tendenser i Afrika og deres betydning for civilsamfundet

Pedersen, Mogens Jin - 2020

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