The idea of what it means to be South Sudanese is not universally accepted in the young nation.
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South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
Fanon was brutally honest in his criticism of militants and Africa’s post-independence elites.
Trust and confidence-building are vital in divided nations where various and often antagonist constituencies are brought together.
Exactly when the ANC’s reign will end rides on what the party does or does not do between now and its elective conference in 2022.
France has undergone thirteen major political shifts since 1789, and yet there have been very few major changes to the country’s elite.
Biden’s $4 billion plan to fight crime, corruption and poverty in Central America is massive. But aid can’t build viable democracies if ‘predatory elites’ won’t help their own people.
Parts of Tunisia’s political discourse look a lot like its colonial past.
Are Republican leaders overestimating the extent to which the public wants them to defend Donald Trump?
The majority of Kenyans appear to be happy as President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga’s pledge to “build bridges.”
The Conversation scholars analyze a few of the key themes and speeches that punctuated the three-day gathering of global elites in the Alps.
A business and humanities scholar advises the president to pack three novels and a children’s story for his long transatlantic flight to Switzerland aboard Air Force One.
After the fall of autocratic ruler Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe faces a difficult choice between the stability of a transnational government or a potentially divisive election contest.
Protests are raising tensions in Africa’s most populous country, with agitators and federal troops clashing on the streets. But is Nigeria on the brink of another civil war?
Newly translated Chinese Ministry of Education records shine light on China’s shifting place in the global higher education landscape.
It’s a nice idea: a society where people are judged on merit alone. But it remains a fiction.
Donald Trump is the latest example of populism’s return to the global political landscape. Nine scholars from seven countries examine the link between populism and democracy.
While few would bemoan its end, the club fostered strong ties among the titans of Corporate America and ensured moderate candidates and policies. Its death has led to more extremism.
The relationship between advocacy organisations based in Western capitals and their marketed constituency of marginalised and disadvantaged African groups is tenuous. What then, is the goal?
Malawi appears to have learnt nothing from the biggest state corruption scandal that rocked the country two years ago, leading to donors withdrawing their support. The same conditions still remain.
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Professor of European Politics, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Comparative Political Science and Democracy Research at the Humboldt University Berlin; Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney; Director of Research Unit Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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Professor and Director of The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Johns Hopkins University
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Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Malawi
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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University Chair Professor, Dean of the School of Government, Peking University, Peking University
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Lecturer in Sociology, Cardiff University
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Professor of Political Science, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy, University of Chicago
