International Partners
CSD and FRIDECSD has strong research links with the Madrid-based think-tank Fundación Para Las Relaciones Internacionales Y El Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), where CSD member Richard Youngs is Director General. FRIDE is leading independent policy research and think-tank institute. It aims to provide innovative thinking on Europe’s role in the international arena, with a focus on peace and security, human rights, and democracy promotion. Click here for more information on collaborative research projects of CSD and FRIDE. See also FRIDE web site: www.fride.orgRecent publications by FRIDE of CSD authors can be found on the CSD site's publications page, and include P. Burnell, A New Autocracy Promotion? (March 2010) and Shaun Breslin, Democratising One-Party Rule in China (September 2008).as well as numerous publications by Richard Youngs.
CSD and the School of Law of the University of Cape Town, South Africa CSD is the ‘northern’ partner in the three-year (2007-2010) British Council-funded project, Implementing constitutional choices: enhancing accountable government on the African continent, together with the School of Law of the University of Cape Town
CSD and the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Late in 2010 Routledge will be publishing Promoting Party Politics in Emerging Democracies as a book in their Democratisation Studies series and as a special issue of the journal Democratization. The collection is a product of collaboration between Professor André Gerrits and Peter Burnell, who are the co-editors. The contents, based on original field work, are itemised below: 1. ‘Promoting party politics in emerging democracies: introduction’. Peter Burnell, University of Warwick and Professor André Gerrits, University of Amsterdam. 2. ‘Party politics in Georgia and Ukraine and the failure of western political party assistance’. Max Bader, doctoral candidate (submitted), Dept. Of European Studies, University of Amsterdam. 3. ‘The consequences of partisanship in party aid: the case of Serbia’. Marlene Spoerri, doctoral candidate, Dept. Of European Studies, University of Amsterdam. 4. ‘Challenges and contradictions in promoting political moderation in the Balkans: the case of Bosnia Herzegovina.’ John Hulsey, Ostrom Fellow, Dept. of Politial Science, Indiana University – Bloomington, USA. 5. ‘An uneasy symbiosis: the impact of international administration on political parties in post-conflict countries’. Maja Nenadovic, doctoral candidate, Dept. Of European Studies, University of Amsterdam. 6. ‘”Sons of war”: parties, party systems and the international community in post-war El Slavador and Cambodia’. Dr. Jeroen de Zeeuw, formerly University of Warwick and currently Policy Adviser at the Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development, The Hague, the Netherlands. 7. ‘Democracy promotion in mixed regimes; the role of party aid in Morocco’. Dr Nicole Bolleyer and Dr Lise Storm, both Dept. of Politics, University of Exeter. 8. ‘Political party assistance in transition: Germany’s Stiftungen in sub-Saharan Africa’. Kristina WSeissenbach, Research Fellow and Lecturer, Instiute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. 9. ‘In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared’. Professor Lise Rakner and Professor Lars Svasand, both Dept. of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway. 10. ‘Conclusion: party assistance and political party research’. Dr Gero Erdmann, Senior Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Berlin.
CSD and other Research Centres of Democratisation
World-wide, there are many other centres and organisations which are focusing on democratisation and linked with research interests of CSD members. See below for selection:
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