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Lise Rakner

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    Postboks 7802
    5020 Bergen

 

Lise Rakner er professor i statsvitenskap ved Institutt for Politikk og Forvaltning Universitetet i Bergen. Forskningsinteressene spenner fra studier av demokrati, med fokus på demokratisk sammenbrudd, menneskerettigheter, partisystem og valg. Rakner's forskning er også knyttet til politisk økonomi, med særlig vekt på økonomiske reformer, utvikling av skattesystem og bistand. Hun har utført en rekke analyser og utredninger for organisasjoner som DFID, SIDA; DFID, Verdensbanken og norsk UD. Hun leder forskningsprosjektet "Breaking BAD: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy in Africa" (Frihumsam 2017-2021) og "Autocratization Dynamics" (Inpart/NFR 2022-2025). Hun er ansatt som Forsker II Chr. Michelsen Institutt (CMI), Bergen.

 

Courses

Sampol 105: States and nationbuilding (10 ECTS) (Spring semester)

Sampol 100: Introduction to Comparative Politics (10 ECTS) (Fall semester)

Sampol 219: Politics in the Developing World (10 ECTS) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 329: Political Parties in the Developing World (10 ECTS)  (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 315: Elections and representation (10 ECTS) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 314: Elections in New democracies (10 ECTS Master level) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 335. Elections and Representation in democracies (10 ECTS Master level) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 338: Breaking Bad: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy (10 ECTS Spring 2019)

 

PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC WORKS (selected)

Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner, Lindsay Benstead, Vibeke Wang (2021):  Do women face a different standard? The interplay of gender and corruption in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi. Women's Studies International Forum, Volume 88, 102501 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102501.

Rakner, Lise, 2021: “Don ́t touch my constitution! The role of pro-democracy movements in
African democratic trajectories”. Global Policy Volume12, Issue S5, July 2021, pp 95-105.

Arriola LR, Choi DD, Davis JM, Phillips ML, Rakner L., 2021: «Paying to party: Candidate resources
and party switching in new democracies». Party Politics. February 2021.
doi:10.1177/1354068821989563

Rakner, Lise and Siri Gloppen, 2020: “LGBT Rights in Africa”. Research Handbook on
Gender, Sexuality and the Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Rakner, Lise. 2019. “Democratic Rollback in Africa”. In Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.887

Muriaas, Ragnhild L., Vibeke Wang, Lindsay Benstead, Boniface Dulani, and Lise Rakner 2019. “Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women’s Rights Advocacy in Malawi.” Comparative Political Studies, (forthcoming). doi:10.1177/0010414018774369.

Lust, Ellen and Lise Rakner, 2018. “The Other Side of Taxation: Extraction and Social Institutions in the Developing World“, Annual Review of Political Science, 21:1

Ballen, C., Lee, D., Rakner, L., & Cotner, S. 2018. “Politics a “Chilly” Environment for Undergraduate Women in Norway”, PS: Political Science & Politics, 1-6. doi:10.1017/S1049096518000045

Rakner, Lise and Vicky Randall, 2017. “Institutions”, in Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5th edition.

Rakner, Lise, 2017: “Democracy and Regime Change”, in Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5th edition.

Rakner, Lise 2017,: “Governance”, in Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5th edition.

Helle, Svein Erik and Lise Rakner, 2017. “The impact of elections. The case of Uganda”, in Gerschewski, Johannes and Christoph Stefes (eds.). Crisis in Autocratic Regimes, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 111-134.

Rakner, Lise, 2017. “Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes”. The Extractive Industries and Society (4), pp. 525-538.

Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise, Lise Rakner, and Ingvild Skage, 2016. “Political capital of ruling parties after regime change: Contrasting successful insurgencies to peaceful pro-democracy movements. Civil Wars, Vol. 18(2) pp. 175-191.

Gloppen, Siri and L. Rakner 2015. «Norske klimaparadokser», Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, Vol 31, No. 3, pp  246-256.

Gloppen, L. Rakner og V. Vibe 2014. ”Stortingsklima: Klima som valgkamptema og norske politikeres syn på klimautfordringene”, i, Klima, Medier og Politikk. Oslo: Abstrakt Forlag.

O.L.M. Ferraz, S. Gloppen, O. Mæstad, L. Rakner, 2014. “Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation” I H.S. Aasen, S. Gloppen, A-M Magnussen, E. Nilssen: Juridification and Social Citizenship in the Welfare State. Edward Elgar Publishing

Helle Svein-Erik and Lise Rakner, 2014. “Grabbing an election: Abuse of state resources in the 2011 elections in Uganda” in Tina Søreide and Aled Williams (eds.): Corruption, Grabbing, and Development. Real World Challenges. London and Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 164-174.

Rakner, Lise and Lars Svåsand, 2013. “Competition and participation, but no democracy: The politics of elections in Africa´s feckless regimes” Statsvetenskapelig Tidskrift, Vol 115, No 4, pp. 365-384.

Rakner, Lise, Mette Bakken, 2013. “Elections”, in Nadini Patel and Lars Svåsand (eds.), Government and Politics in Malawi, 2nd edition. Zomba: Kachere Books.

Rakner, Lise, 2013: ”Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia” in Resnick, Danielle and Nicolas van de Walle (eds.): Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unravelling the Impact of Foreign Aid. Oxford University Press.

Rakner, Lise and Lars Svåsand, 2012. “Foreign aid, democracy promotion and democratic progress”, in Jens Blom-Hansen, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Svend-Erik Skaaning(eds.): Democracy, Elections and Political Parties. Aarhus: Politica, pp. 39-49.

Rakner, Lise, 2011. “Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's Movement for Multiparty Democracy”, Democratization, Vol. 18 (5) pp. 1106-1124.

Rakner, Lise and Lars Svåsand, 2010. “In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared”, Democratization, Vol. 17(6) pp. 1250-1274.

Rakner, Lise and Nicolas van de Walle, 2009. “Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Africa”, in Staffan Lindberg (ed.) Democratization by Elections. A New Mode of Transition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 202-225.

Makara, Sabiti, Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand, 2009. “Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Reintroduction of Multiparty-Party System in Uganda, International Political Science Review, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 185-204.

Rakner, Lise and Nicolas van de Walle, 2009. “Opposition Weakness in Africa”, Journal of Democracy, Vol 20 (3), pp. 108-121.

Rakner, Lise, Lars Svåsand and Nixon Khembo, 2007. “Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system restructuring in the 2004 elections in Malawi”, Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 40 (9), pp. 1112-1137.

 

Books

Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), 2017. Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5th edition.

Elgesem, D., E. Eide, S. Gloppen, and L. Rakner (red.), 2014. Klima, Medier og Politikk. Oslo: Abstrakt Forlag

Gloppen, Siri and Lise Rakner (eds.), 2007: Globalization and Democratisation: Challenges for Political Parties. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

Kiiza, Julius, Sabiti Makara and Lise Rakner (eds.), 2008. Electoral Democracy in Uganda: Understanding the Institutional Dynamics, Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections. Kampala: Fountain Publishers.

Rakner, Lise, 2003: Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia. Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.

  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Zimbabwe: Contested Autocratization. 30 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Zambia: Backsliding in a Presidential Regime. 30 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Vote-buying, anti-corruption campaigns, and identity in African elections. World Development.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Verdens verste leder anno 2021.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Ufahumu-Africa, season 6, episoed 145: Rachel Riedl in A conversation with Leo Arriola, Lise Rakner and Nic van de Walle on democratic backsliding.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Taxing Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Political Participation and Regime Responses. 21 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Legal Strategies in Democratic Backsliding and Resistance in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Legal Strategies in Democratic Backsliding and Resistance in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Legal Strategies in Democratic Backsliding and Resistance in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). International Strategies: Sovereignty Claims and Selective Compliance. 34 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). In Pursuit of Development, Season 3, episode 20. Lise Rakner in conversation with Dan Banik on democratic backsliding in Africa. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Human Rights Activism in Challenging Circumstances.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Divine Intervention: The democratic ethics of pentecostalism in Zambia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Democratic backsliding. Analytical perspectives. Roundtable .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, contention and resillience.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Contention and Recillience.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). "The politicization of LGBT rights in Africa".
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). "Hvilket lands ledere er de aller verste" Samtale mellom Lise Rakner og Carl Henrik Knutsen.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). "Hatespeech"- en trussel for ytringsfriheten?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Zambia 2011-2021: Presidentialism, Legal Autocratisation and Democratic Backsliding Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of CapeTown. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Utfordringer for demokratiet.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Same Rules, Higher Costs: Women’s Pathways to Candidacy in Zambia. 22 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Paying to party: Candidate resources and party switching in new democracies . Party Politics. 1-14.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Noen blir absurd rike. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania. Working Paper - Chr. Michelsen Institute. 20 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Elite Responses to Policy Reforms in Autocratic Settings. Pre-Analysis Plan. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Don’t Touch My Constitution! Civil Society Resistance to Democratic Backsliding in Africa´s Pluralist Regimes. Global Policy.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Do women face a different standard? The interplay of gender and corruption in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi,. Women's Studies: International Forum.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Divine Intervention: The Influence of Pentecostal Sermons on Democratic Values Evidence from Zambia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Democratic Backsliding in Poland and Hungary.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Comparing legal activism in Zimbabwe and Zambia. CMI Working Paper. 30 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Carl Henrik Knutsen: Demokrati og Diktatur. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Autocratization dynamics in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Time for global health diplomacy. The Lancet. 1691-1692.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Partisanship, Gender, and the Structure of Politician Networks in Zambia .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Lise Rakner and Nic van de Walle: Opposition parties in non-institutionalized party systems: Zambia Elections Research Network: ZERN workshop and analyses of 2021 Zambian elections.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). LGBT Rights in Africa. 17 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Don´t touch my constitution! The role of pro-democracy movements in African democratic trajectories.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and Contention .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Autocratization and the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Working paper: Women’s Household Bargaining Power and Abortion Policy Preferences: Evidence from Zambian Politicians.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). The perfect enemy: From migrants to sexual minorities.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). The Business of Politics. Campaign Costs and Party Switching in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Roundtable: Researching Backlash against Democracy.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Political corruption and corruption as a political strategy.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Kvinner som protesterer. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Kvinner som gjør oppgjør. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Den gode fienden: Fra flytninger til seksuelle minoriteter. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Democratic Rollback in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Breakfast for Democracy: Military coups of today .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Demokrati i tilbakegang i Afrika .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women’s Rights Advocacy in Malawi. Comparative Political Studies. 1-44.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire. The Washington Post.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). WORLD AFFAIRS: Threats to Democracy in Africa. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Understanding Democratic Backsliding in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Traditional Authority, Gender and Political Engagement in Malawi.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). The other side of taxation: extraction and social institutions in the developing world. Annual review of political science (Palo Alto, Calif. Print). 277-294.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). The business of politics: Party defection and candidate selection in Zambia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). The International Dimension of Backlash Against Democracy.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Tax bargains in poorly regulated countries: Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Politics a “Chilly” Environment for Undergraduate Women in Norway. PS: Political Science and Politics. 653-658.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Don´t touch my constitution. Civil society resistance and political turnovers in African pluralist regimes.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Diktatorens lærebok: Kapittelet om Tanzania. . Bistandsaktuelt.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Den demokratiske snarveien. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Breaking Bad: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy in Africa. CMI Insight.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Breakfast for Democracy: Plunging into a new civil War? Political crisis in Burundi.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). “Understanding Backlash against democracy in Africa”.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). “Slaget om menneskerettighetene. Om demokratiets tilbakegang”.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). “Politician defection in Zambia”,.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). demokrati i forfall. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Vafler for demokratiet. Agenda Magasin.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Understanding Backlash against democracy in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia. 120-124.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). The politization of LGBT and abortion rights in Zambia: Preliminary findings from survey and qualitative interviews.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) in Malawi: Selected Findings on Gender. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). The Impact of Elections: The Case of Uganda. 24 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes. The Extractive Industries and Society. 525-538.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Political determinants of sexual & reproductive health (Globvac project).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). LGBT rights in Zambia: Analyzing politicization and contentious episodes.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Institutional Perspectives. 44-57. I:
    • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Politics in the Developing World, 5th Edition. Oxford University Press.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Governance. 226-242. I:
    • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Politics in the Developing World, 5th Edition. Oxford University Press.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Democratization and Regime Change. 211-225. I:
    • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Politics in the Developing World, 5th Edition. Oxford University Press.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Breaking BAD: Understanding the Backlash Against Democracy in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Breaking BAD: Understanding backlash Against Democracy in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Africa’s legalized politics of homosexuality: dynamics & effects of criminalization.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Using traditional leaders to end child marriage: Evidence from a survey experiment in Malawi.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Using traditional leaders to end child marriage: Evidence from a survey experiment in Malawi.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). The urban poor as citizens and clients. Enacting political agency through political parties and social movements in Kenya and Zambia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia. CMI Brief. 4 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Political capital of ruling parties after regime change: contrasting successful insurgencies to peaceful pro-democracy movements. Civil Wars. 175-191.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Lessons from Zambia … for a more sustainable mining tax regime. African Development Bank "AnnualMeetings Daily".
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Lessons from Zambia – From a profit-based tax system, to a revenue-based tax system. African Development Bank "AnnualMeetings Daily".
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2016). Lessons from Zambia - Recommendations for a more sustainable mining tax regime. African Development Bank "AnnualMeetings Daily".
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). “Don’t touch my constitution! Civil society resistance and political turnovers in Africa´s pluralist regimes” (with I. Skage).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Shaping the tax agenda: Public engagement, lobbying and tax reform in Tanzania. CMI Brief. 4 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Reconceptualizing African Party Systems.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Norske klimaparadokser. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 246-255.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Explaining Variation in Government Parties’ Willingness to Build Party Organization in Africa.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). The role of institutions in capital flight, lobbyism and tax evasion.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Stortingsklima. Klima som valgkamptema og norske politikeres syn på klimautfordringene. 21 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Norske paradokser. 15 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Memorandum:Overview of research findings regarding aid in support of democratization and human rights observance. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Klimabistand: god bistandspolitikk? 19 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Judging the price of life: cons considerations in right-to-health litigation. 25 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Institutional Perspectives. 15 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Grabbing’ an election: Abuse of state resources in the 2011 elections in Uganda. 11 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Democracy. 15 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). ”Prioritization of healthcare: Comparative perspectives”.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). “Competition and participation, but no democracy: The politics of elections in Africa´s feckless regimes”. Statsvetenskaplig Tidsskrift. 365-384.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2013). Electoral mobilization in Uganda and Zambia for the 2011 elections: The interplay between opposition weakness, incumbent strength and the urban/rural electoral divide.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). WP/016 Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia. UNU-WIDER Research Papers.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and regime stability in Uganda and Zambia.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and Uganda. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Taxation, elections and populism: The salience of taxation Zambian election campaigns 2001-2011.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). I pose og sekk? Klima i norsk utviklingspolitikk etter 2005. 25 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Foreign aid, democracy promotion and democratic progress. 10 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Elections in hybrid regimes: Assessing the Formal and Informal Underpinnings of Electoral Contests in Africa, Post-Communist Eurasia and the Middle East.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's Movement for Multiparty Democracy. Democratization. 1106-1124.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Institutional Perspectives. 18 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared. 25 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Governance and Aid Conditionality in a Globalizing World. 20 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2011). Assessing the impact of health rights litigation : a comparative analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and South Africa. 31 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2010). The Management of the 2009 Electoral Process. The Role of the Malawi Electoral Commission. 21 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2010). In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared. Democratization. 1250-1274.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). When and why do judges consider the costs of health right litigation?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Valgets politikk: Betydningen av legale og administrative virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda. Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab. 268-282.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Valgets politikk: Betydningen av administrative og legale virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda. Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab. 268-282.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Turnaround: The national resistance movement and the reintroduction of a multiparty system in Uganda. International Political Science Review. 185-204.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). The impact of international party support to political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). The administration of the 2009 elections: The role of the Malawi Electoral Commission.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Opposition weakness in Africa. Journal of Democracy. 108-121.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Africa. 24 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). How do we measure the impact of health right litigation?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). "An aid exit strategy for Zambia".
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). “Opposition parties and incumbent presidents. The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Sub Saharan Africa” (with Nic van de Walle)”.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Opposition parties in sub-saharan Africa. 20 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Introduction: Coming to grips with the current predicaments of political parties. 10 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Fissions and fusions, foes and friends - Party system restructuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections. Comparative Political Studies. 1112-1137.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). The accountability function of supreme audit institutions in Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Stuck in Transition: Electoral Processes in Zambia 1991-2001. Democratization. 85-105.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Stuck in Transition: Electoral Processes in Zambia 1991-2001. Democratization. 85-105.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Fissions and fusions, friends and foes: Party system restructuring in Malawi.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Figthing Poverty in Africa: are PRSPs making a difference. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 492-493.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2003). The PRSP process in Zambia. .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2003). Taxation and tax reforms in developing countries: Illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa. CMI Working Paper. 35 sider.

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2021-2024        Autocratization Dynamics: Innovations in Research-Embedded Learning INTPART Internasjonale partnerskap for fremragende utdanning, forskning og innovasjon  (PI)     

2021-2024      Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct) (FRIHUMSAM)

2017- 2021      Research Council of Norway (FRIHUMSAM): Breaking BAD: Explaining Backlash Against Democracy (PI).

2016-2020       Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council): Social Institutions and Governance: Lessons from Sub-Sahara Africa (Gothenburg University, co PI with Ellen Lust

2015 – 2016    Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study (UC Berkeley) grant 2015-2016: “The Bergen-Berkeley Research Program on Political Parties in the Developing World.” Co-PI with Leo Arriola (UC Berkeley)

2016- 2017      Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study (UC Berkeley) grant 2016-2017: “The Bergen-Berkeley Research Program on Political Parties in the Developing World.” Co-PI with Leo Arriola (UC Berkeley)

 

 

  • Democratization
  • Political parties
  • Electoral processes 
  • Human rights, rights litigation
  • Development, development aid
  • Africa (Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Southern Africa)
Kompetansefelt 
African Politics
Comparative Politics
Democracy and Democratization
Development
Elections
Governance
Human Rights
Political parties
Taxation