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South Africa's Democracy at the Crossroads
- 2022
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since the first elections of 1994, the South African constitution officially guarantees and promotes a wide range of political and civil rights and institutionalizes the separation of powers with an independent judiciary. This has made South Africa a political symbol of change, hope and democracy in Africa and around the world. However, since the introduction of free and fair electoral processes and with ANC dominating the presidency and the parliamentary seats, the political scene has been scattered by democratic challenges. South Africa remains a flawed democracy, combining free elections and respect for basic civil liberties with problems of governance, an underdeveloped political culture, and low levels of public participation.Today, South Africa stands at a crossroads. While the constitutional democracy has survived, South African democracy seems to have weakened by state capture, internal ANC implosion, corruption, societal polarization, social exclusion, xenophobia, and threats of state economic bankruptcy. South Africa faces growing discontent symbolized in intensified societal and political debates, protests and demonstrations providing for the question if this is a sign of dissatisfied citizens demanding deeper democracy or activities questioning the established constitutional democracy from an anti-democratic, populist, and radical point of view.South Africa´s Democracy at the Crossroads explores the question; what are the challenges to future democratization in South Africa?
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- Gamkrelidze, Natia
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Reimagining Georgia : Images of Georgia Held by the Collective West, Russian, and Georgian Political Elites from 1991 to 2020
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This compilation thesis examines the United States (U.S.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), Russian, and Georgian political elites’ images of Georgia from the regaining of Georgia’s independence in 1991 up to 2020. This topic shows the significance of studying the role of the agency of individual leaders and including them as a level of analysis when analyzing different geopolitical setups. The empirical data come from the author’s 102 original interviews with political elites from Georgia, the U.S., NATO and the EU, including presidents, prime ministers, ministers, secretaries, secretaries-general, and Russian foreign policy experts. This dissertation comprises four articles, each using the same research design. The findings of this dissertation show that over time, external and internal political elites hold somewhat varying images of Georgia. These diverging images that mainly emerged after the Rose Revolution of 2003 have a geopolitical character and are crucial for understanding Georgia’s strained geopolitical context. In particular, they reflect a rift between the U.S., NATO, the EU, Georgia, and Russia with regard to the perception of the threat to and cultural status of Georgia. This has chiefly influenced the type of imagery of Georgia that the actors hold and has contributed to the changing geopolitical conditions. Overall, changes in internal and external political elites’ perceptions and attention to image variation help explain policy variation over time.
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Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Europe : The Role of Political Entrepreneurship
- 2020
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- This unique book expertly analyses European political entrepreneurship in relation to the European Union’s approach towards the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development strategy. It explores the role of European political entrepreneurs in shaping, influencing and realising the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters examine EU actors in the context of numerous development goals to assess how political entrepreneurship challenges traditional EU institutions and promotes visionary activity.
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- Silander, Daniel, 1972-
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Challenges to democracy : A framework of analysis
- 2022
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Ingår i: South Africa's democracy at the crossroads. - Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 9781802629286 - 9781802629279 ; , s. 11-28
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- Silander, Daniel, 1972-
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Contemporary challenges to South African democracy
- 2022
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Ingår i: South Africa's democracy at the crossroads. - Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 9781802629286 - 9781802629279 ; , s. 187-198
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- Silander, Daniel, 1972-, et al.
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Democracy at the crossroads : The case of South Africa
- 2022
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Ingår i: South Africa's democracy at the crossroads. - Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 9781802629286 - 9781802629279 ; , s. 1-10
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