550 search results for “democracy” in the Public website
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About the programme
This specialisation offers a structured, intensive curriculum balancing substantive and skills-oriented courses, plus a research thesis.
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International spotlight on transparency research
The 8th Global Conference on Transparency Research (GCTR) took place between 15 and 17 May.
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How democratic are state secrets?
Transparency is seen as an important value for democratic government policy. Does that mean that we should do away with state secrets, such as confidential information involving intelligence agencies and political deals made behind closed doors? Political philosopher and ERC grant recipient Dorota Mokrosinska…
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Prospects for law reform and democracy under Indonesia’s new president
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
- GTGC lunch seminar: Antonella Maiello on Democracy Inclusion Networks, and Sustainability
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Key Publications
Here’s a selection of key publications by members of the CPP:
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Reijer Passchier appointed as professor at the Open University
On 1 October 2022, Reijer Passchier was appointed as Professor Digitalisation and the Democratic Constitutional State at the Open University. Reijer is also working at Leiden University as Assistant Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law.
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A History of Dutch Corruption and Public Morality (1648-1940)
A History of Dutch Corruption and Morality showcases 300 years of change, continuity, and diversity in the history of Dutch political corruption and public morality. It analyses a series of corruption scandals and shows how the following debates were connected to the big changes of that time: from the…
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Citizenship: consequences for democratisation
Many Asian countries are in a process of democratisation. The expectation was that citizens would gradually gain more control over the functioning of their elites. Experts from Leiden have concluded that this process often fails to improve the quality of the administration. They researched the nature…
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MAXCAP
The research project MAXCAP: Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons and prospects for enlargement and beyond starts with a critical analysis of the effects of the 2004-2007 enlargement on stability, democracy and prosperity of candidate countries, on the one hand, and the…
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Governing Polarized Societies (GPS)
Having encountered a series of shocks that pose an existential threat to our livelihoods, our societies have become increasingly polarized. Shortly after two years of lockdowns due to the pandemic, the war in Ukraine boosted at a global scale a polycrisis that intersects energy shortages, refugees,…
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Conference 2022
On July 8 and 9, 2022, Leiden University hosted the second conference of the research group on Institutions for Conflict Resolution, in collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen and Utrecht University.
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Political Science
Politics is about the authorised allocation of values: who gets what, when and how much? This question is relevant at many different levels, in many different places and in very different ways.
- Parliamentary Diplomacy
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Secret Intelligence and Public Diplomacy in the Ukraine War
In this article, Thomas Maguire, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, examines why states use intelligence to influence external audiences.
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About
The Leiden Risk & Regulation Lab serves as hub for excellent research at the forefront of regulation and risk governance and acts a platform for engagement with the practice of, and education in, regulation and risk governance.
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e-SIDES
e-SIDES (ethical and societal impact of data sciences) is a Coordination & Support Action (CSA) part of the Horizon 2020 programme.
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Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at the Police
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at the Police
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Intelligence in the Global South (GLOBALINT)
GLOBALINT is a pioneering study of intelligence in the Global South. It asks ‘how do (un)democratic shifts in political governance impact intelligence services in contexts of violent conflict?
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Security in Transnational Spaces
This book focuses on transnationalism as a key concept to evaluate how Europe responds to cross-border security challenges.
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The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy
What does it mean to do public policy ethics today? How should philosophers engage with ethical issues in policy-making when policy decisions are circumscribed by political and pragmatic concerns? How do ethical issues in public policy differ between areas such as foreign policy, criminal justice, or…
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Generating Freedom: Hegel's conception of political order
In the light of the fragility of current liberal democracies, this dissertation aims to contribute to rethinking political order by reconstructing Hegel’s account in the Philosophy of Right.
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Vision
Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) at Leiden University aims to advance knowledge and practice on how we govern – and could govern – major world-scale changes in contemporary society. These global transformations include hegemonic and other geopolitical shifts, ecological changes,…
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Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation
The Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation (CSPPR) aims to serve as an interdisciplinary platform for scholars of Leiden University for research focusing on the historical and contemporary operation and functioning of political parties and political representation, with a particular…
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Netherlands Institute in Turkey
The Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT) conducts scholarly research and supports the academic study of Turkey through the ages. The institute is closely affiliated with University’s Faculty of Humanities. Its facilities are available to students and staff of all universities in the Netherlands.
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Education
Jurisprudence
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Reflecties op Wereldburgerschap: In de spiegel van Afghanistan en Nederland
On 9 April 2020, Mohamed Azizi defended his thesis 'Reflecties op Wereldburgerschap: In de spiegel van Afghanistan en Nederland'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. P.B. Cliteur en Prof. W. Veugelers (Universiteit voor Humanistiek).
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Religion, Class, and the Postwar Development of the Dutch Welfare State
Religion, Class, and the Postwar Development of the Dutch Welfare State. Dennie Oude Nijhuis.
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Islam, Politics and Change
The Indonesian Experience after the Fall of Suharto
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Let us Live as Hindus
Priya Swamy defended her thesis on 27 October 2016
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Bértoa & Van Biezen, The Regulation of Post-Communist Party Politics
This book concentrates on the regulation of political parties in the EU post-communist democracies, and on Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania, in particular.
- CPP Colloquia 2023-2024
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Press freedom, law and politics in Indonesia
Press freedom in Indonesia is still under pressure, despite the demise of Soeharto’s regime in 1998
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The Bosnian Tinderbox: Is Putin Holding the Wick?
In this article, Gerrit Dijkstra and Jos Raadschelders from the Institute of Public Administration, focus on Russia’s role in Bosnia and raise some important questions.
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Ironies of Solidarity
Ironies of Solidarity is an ethnographic study of how financial products and services affect inequalities and conflicts in South Africa.
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Justice in the Himalayas: Local Expectations and Legal Interventions
Consensus and harmony or balance and reciprocity?
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Elite attitudes and the future of global governance
The idea of global governance and trust in international institutions are apparently getting into deep water. But is there a legitimacy crisis? Not according to international élites, as Jan Aart Scholte (Leiden University), Soetkin Verhaegen (Maastricht University) and Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm University)…
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Japan’s local governments and governance under population decline
In this chapter, Kohei Suzuki aims to provide a brief overview of Japan’s local government system.
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Knowing China
A Twenty-First Century Guide
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The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa. The Kat River Settlement, 1829–1856
This monograph by Robert Ross provides a detailed narrative of the Kat River Settlement in the Eastern Cape of South Africa during the nineteenth century.
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Landscape Protection in International Law
Amy Strecker assesses the institutional framework for landscape protection, analyses the interplay between landscape and human rights, and links the etymology and theory of landscape with its articulation in law.
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About the programme
This specialisation offers a structured, challenging curriculum balancing substantive and skills-oriented courses, including a number of elective seminars, plus a research thesis.
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About the programme
This specialisation offers a structured, intensive curriculum balancing substantive and skills-oriented courses, including a number of elective seminars, plus a research thesis.
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European Union Studies
The European Union acts as one of the most powerful economic actors in the global economy, presents itself as the most successful integration project in recent history, and deploys one of the largest diplomatic services in the world. The European Union Studies minor offers a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary…
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Study programme
The PML specialisation prepares you with knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and theories of management, leadership, decision-making and policy implementation in national and international government organizations.
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