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Are the conditions ripe in the US for violence before, during or after the presidential election?
The occurrence of violence in Kenya is a joint production between political elites and ordinary citizens.
The policy and law applying to refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa is largely progressive. But, in practice, they continue to endure hardship and unfair treatment by officials.
The IFP’s constitution provides that the nomination of national office bearers be approved by the branches. But this was not done in the nomination of its new president.
How dangerous is dairy? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.
There is no inherent tension between Islam and democratic values. Like any use of religion in politics, the application of Sharia as law depends on who is using it – and why.
South Africa’s polls have been praised for adhering to international election best practice. But, they are not without problems.
The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
2018 is on track to become only the second coup-free year in a century. Coup risk is way down worldwide, thanks to growing political stability in Latin America. Africa has the highest risk of coup.
Nicaraguan migrants send over US$1 billion home each year. This money has played a changing role in domestic politics – first boosting the Ortega regime and, now, sustaining the uprising against him.
Fifty years ago, soldiers gunned down hundreds of student protesters in a Mexico City plaza. It was neither the first nor the last time Mexico’s army would be deployed against its own citizens.
Italy saw 1,191 attacks on politicians from 2013 to 2015. A new study reveals, for the first time, the destructive effect this strategic political violence has on the nation’s political life.
Winners and losers are both trying to win the West’s support for their view.
In Africa, biased media coverage is one of the reasons voters have little faith in credible elections.
The credibility of Zimbabwe’s elections will depend on issues like political violence and media freedom.
The problem with South Africa’s governing ANC, is that to many of its members, politics is not about public service but about resources.
Race has long been a taboo subject in Brazil. With the March 14 killing of the black Rio politician Marielle Franco, any myth of the country as a ‘racial democracy’ has been broken wide open.
Nearly 300 community organizers and activists have been killed in Colombia since the country’s 2016 peace accord. Who’s behind these targeted assassinations?
Some African countries present a facade of democracy. The absence of substantive democracy is contributing to instability on the continent.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Research Affiliate and Senior Analyst, University of Central Florida
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Women & Politics Ph.D. Program, Rutgers University
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), University of South Africa
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Professor emeritus, Monash University
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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Chair of the Board of Trustees and Head of African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies. Extraordinary Professor in the Centre of Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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