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Policy Brief: Parliament-Public Engagement in Ethiopia: Selected Notes and Case Studies on a Politically Fragile State
Dr Meheret Ayenew, Nega Wube, and Tsedey Mekonnen conducted research and wrote this policy brief on the relationship between people and parliamentarians in Ethiopia. Ayenew et al here makes ...
Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament
Professor Shirin Rai's and Dr Carole Spray's Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament (OUP 2018) is the first comprehensive analysis of women in the Indian parliament. Offering a ...
Looking for Bharmouri: Thakur Singh as representative and representation
Dr Richard Axelby hoped to interview Thakur Singh Bharmouri about recent political developments, as he journeyed along the rough road through the mountains to Bharmour, ancient capital of Chamba ...
Opening up parliament in Argentina: the drug law reform debate
Florencia Corbelle analyses the growing influence in Argentina of civil society, in the design and debate of public policies in the legislative arena, using the 2011 drug law reform debate as ...
Afar people in Ethiopia: Between a wind of hope and discontent
Abubeker Yasin Gebro reflects on the changing political landscape in Ethiopia through the Afar people’s experiences and engagements. Since coming to power in April 2018, Prime Minister Dr Abiy ...
The pretend guns of realism and the reality of resistance
Dr Zoë Marriage argues that Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil’s recent elections hinges on a political rhetoric that legitimises anger and violence. This is symbolised in the fatal stabbing ...