Institutions | State
Renata  Serra,  UF. Do  Stakeholder  Meetings  Make  a  Difference?  Preliminary  Findings  from  a Pilot  Project  in  Rwanda.  3:00pm
Institutions | State
Institutions | State Sebastian Elischer,  UF. Post-Âmilitary Coup Protest and its Consequences. Findings from  Guinea and  Côte d'Ivoire. November 2 | 3:00pm EST. Join Via Zoom. Recent scholarship argues that post-Cold War military coups do not necessarily result in military dictatorship. In some countries the armed forces have paved the way for competitive elections between civilian-led political parties, …
Institutions | State Working Group
Nicholas N. Kerr, UF. "Election Commissions & Opposition Behavior in Africa’s Multiparty Regimes: Does Institutional Performance Matter for Election Boycotts and Losers’ Compliance?" March 15 | 3:00pm EST Register to attend on Zoom. As the second wave of democratization swept through Africa in the early 1990s, scholars and policymakers heralded independent election commissions (ECs) as …
Institutions | State Working Group
Margaret Ariotti, Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia. Beyond the Big Man: Executive-Legislative Politics in African Democracies. April 12 | 3:00pm EDT Attend on Zoom. Description What explains the formation of coalition governments in African democracies? Despite the vast literature on government formation in Europe and Latin America, very little is known about …
State | Africa Working Group
ZoomThe Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa and the Center for African Studies are pleased to invite all interested faculty and graduate students to attend to our upcoming virtual research presentation: Speaker Dr. Rebecca Tapscott, Fellow Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Graduate Institute in Geneva Talk Title Arbitrary States: Social …
State | Africa
ZoomThe Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa and the Center for African Studies are pleased to invite all interested faculty and graduate students to attend our upcoming virtual panel: The Current Conflict in Ethiopia: Internal/Domestic & Regional Dimensions November 15 @ 3:00 PM With Panelists Michael Woldemariam & Tobias Hagmann Moderated by …
State | Africa Working Group
State | Africa February 28 @ 3:00pm Anne Mette Kjaer, Aarhus University. When ‘Pockets of effectiveness’ matter politically: Extractive industry regulation and taxation in Uganda and Tanzania Abstract It is a common view that states in the developing world with substantial extractive natural resource discoveries may not have the capacity to tax and regulate multinational …
State | Institutions in Africa Working Group
State | Africa March 21 @ 3:00pm Mai Hassan, University of Michigan. Regime Threats and State Solutions: Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya.
State and Institutions in Africa Working Group
The Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa and the Center for African Studies are pleased to invite all interested faculty and graduate students to attend our upcoming virtual roundtable panel on the 2022 Kenyan elections. Talk Title Kenya’s 2022 Elections: Exploring the Processes, Outcomes, and Implications for Democracy and Governance. Panelists Dr. …
Institutions and the State in Africa Working Group
471 GrinterInstitutions | State: Graduate Research Forum. Time: 3pm Location: 471 GRINTER HALL/ ZOOM Speaker Richard Kweitsu Talk Title Social Democrats or Property-Owning Democrats? Contending Political Ideologies in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Attend on Zoom
State and the Institutions in Africa Working Group
471 GrinterDoes Election Quality Shape Voter Confidence? Evidence from Kenya's 2022 General Election. Date & Time Tuesday, January 10, 3-4:30PM How to Attend This is a hybrid event. Attend on Zoom (link below) or attend in person (Grinter 471). Participation in person is strongly encouraged. The Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa is pleased to …
Institutions | State (Postponed)
471 GrinterElizabeth Wellman, Williams College. When Voters cross Borders: The Global Dimensions of National Elections. Elizabeth Wellman, Williams College. Time: 3pm Location: 471 GRINTER Postponed
Institutions | State
471 GrinterEmpowerment as Power Within: Women Self-assess the Status of their Rights in Malawi. Emily Maiden, University of North Florida. Emily Maiden is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Florida. Her research focuses on local governance in sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a dual PhD in Peace Studies and Political Science from the …
Institutions | State Roundtable
ZoomNigeria’s 2023 Elections. 3pm online