702 search results for “afrika politics” in the Staff website
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Tilko Arne SwalveFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thomas ScarffFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pac-Man politics: eating the rule of law bit by bit
Our constitutional democracy is under pressure. Politicians are increasingly bending rules and institutions to their will, often in small steps. PhD candidate Jorieke Manenschijn warns that through a combination of subtle changes we can cross a line without realising it.
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Toon KerkhoffFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jay HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Madeleine HosliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anna NotsuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tin Kapetanovic
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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'The show must go on, but making politics less tedious is an almost effortless job these days!'
After almost a year of working from home during this Covid pandemic, Scientific Director Paul Nieuwenburg conveys how the Institute of Political Science is sailing through waves and lockdowns: from transformation to bi location to 'non location', from teaching on the beach to teaching to 'black cubes'…
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Ruben Verheul
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Interview Tom Theuns in IQ Magazine: “NATO Resembles a House of Cards”
The rise of authoritarianism, the strengthening of the radical right, and the role of the EU in defending democracy—these are just a few of the issues causing concern today. Is the EU capable of defending democratic values within the Union and beyond its borders? In an interview from the Lithuanian…
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.
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Protecting Democracy in Europe: Tom Theuns Presents His New Book at the European Parliament
On 10 December 2024, the European Parliament played host to an insightful presentation of ‘Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy, and the Future of the EU’, the new book by Tom Theuns, Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Hosted by MEP Thijs Reuten (PvdA/S&D) and his team, the event…
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Transforming Society: 'Oligarchic Rivalry: US–China Tariffs and the Global Politics of Inequality'
In a new Transforming Society article, Salvador Santino Regilme, Associate Professor and Chair of the International Relations Program at Leiden University, critiques the Trump administration’s US–China tariff war as a covert instrument of domestic class warfare.
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Andrei PoamaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
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Raymond FagelFaculty of Humanities
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Janet ConnorFaculty of Humanities
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Aleena Karim
Faculty of Humanities
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Benjamin Kester
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eleftherios KarchimakisFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Esra Nartok-van der KistFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maximilian Wachter
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Alexandros Ntaflos
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Joshua Musumi Chibuyi
Faculty of Humanities
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Havar SolheimFaculty of Humanities
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Peter PelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory
Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What was the deciding factor for this victory?
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‘Vastgelopen formatie te wijten aan afrekencultuur'
Expert in public affairs and politics Arco Timmermans advised the informer Kim Putters.
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Towards the Hinduisation of India?
The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is secularism giving way to religious rule in the world’s largest democracy? How does this resonate with India’s culturally diverse population? France 24…
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…
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system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Ester Blom
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eline Joor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sandra MeddelerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ian Lau
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wendy Wiersma
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Wencke Appelman
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Nynke Heegstra
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Daniëlle Lovink
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ylva KlaassenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marjan RijnjaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences