HauptbeschreibungDie Bertelsmann Stiftung ist einflussreich und mächtig. Allseits beliebt und anerkannt ist die größte operative Stiftung in Deutschland eng verzahnt mit Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Ganz gleich wer in Berlin oder Brüssel regiert, die Bertelsmann Stiftun…
South Africa: designing new political institutions
Governing in a global world: women in public service
"Governing in a Global World captures the panorama of women governing around the world. Even though the modern era marks history's greatest advancements for women, worldwide they hold fewer than 30 percent of decision-making positions and are often missing from negotiating table…
European Union politics
Abstract: The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. The report will consider gender equality as a core development goal in itself, and will argue that gender equality m…
This book explores both political and economical developments, examining the links between the (real and apparent) successes of the 1990s and the 2001 collapse. Specific topics include economic policymaking and reform, executive-legislative relations, the judiciary, federalism, …
Speculative attacks have successively occurred in the past forty years among Latin America, Europe, East Asian, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. Economists have provided explanation for the incidence of speculative attacks. They argue that inconsistent policy and incomplet…
This dissertation situates the study of formal political institutions in the context of communal diversity and dual citizenship in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. The focus of analysis is the use of socio-political institutions for the…
In the first essay I argue that when governments make concessions, only moderate terrorists accept, leaving extremists in control. Nonetheless, the ex ante expected level of terror decreases following concessions because the government's probability of eradicating terror improve…