Publikationen
Das Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut (ABI) veröffentlicht seine wichtigsten Forschungsergebnisse in hochrangigen referierten Zeitschriften, in renommierten Buchreihen sowie in Publikationen, die ein breites Publikum ansprechen - vollständige Auflistung unten. Die hauseigene Working Paper-Series (mit in-house peer review und language editing) unterstützt dieses Vorhaben. Mit dem International Quarterly for Asian Studies (vormals Internationalen Asienforum) publiziert das ABI eine wichtige referierte Fachzeitschrift der Asienforschung.
Publikationen
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Völkel, Dr. Jan Claudius / Dr. Paul Maurice Esber
Middle East Law and Governance
This introduction leads into the Special Issue “Parliaments in the Middle East and North Africa: A Struggle for Relevance.” Parliaments in the Arab world have hardly been considered to be relevant institutions during the decades of authoritarianism in the post-independence era. If at all, they were of importance as a strategic element in the power-saving strategies of regimes.
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Völkel, Dr. Jan Claudius / Dr. Paul Maurice Esber
Middle East Law and Governance
https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-13031236
The struggle of Arab parliaments to assert their place as strong and relevant legislative institutions in the context of the post-2011 developments, independent from exorbitant interference on the part of the executive, may appear to mirror the labors of Sisyphus, the doomed man from Greek mythology who repeatedly pushed his rock up a hill for eternity. The articles in this special issue have examined, and in so doing elucidated, the nature of the struggles faced by parliaments in the Arab world with particular attention towards Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia.
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Völkel, Dr. Jan Claudius
Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt
While Egypt’s government institutions are formally independent, they in fact operate under the directives of the “deep state.” The Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) in particular intervene in the country’s governance whenever generals deem it necessary. This chapter understands the EAF as the “invisible hand” behind the country’s central institutions, using them as “fingers” to steer daily politics.
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Völkel, Dr. Jan Claudius / Chahd Bahri
MIddle East Law and Governance
https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-13031234
This article is part of the Special Issue “Parliaments in the Middle East and North Africa: A Struggle for Relevance.” Tunisia’s parliament has undergone a remarkable internal transformation process since 2011, from a formerly mostly irrelevant institution to an influential locus of policy-making. This successful progress notwithstanding, the parliament’s transformation to a democratic assembly has not been fully concluded yet.
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Völkel, Dr. Jan Claudius
Middle East Law and Governance
https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-13031232
In the Euro-Mediterranean region, several international parliamentary initiatives are engaged in parliamentary diplomacy and cooperation. Besides the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) cross the shores.
2021
Herausgeberschaft (Wiss.)
Völkel, Dr. Jan Claudius / Dr. Paul Maurice Esber
MIddle East Law and Governance
Parliaments in the Arab world have hardly been considered as relevant institutions during the decades of authoritarianism in the post-independence era. If at all, they were of importance as strategic element in the regime’s power-saving strategies.
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Schütze, Dr. Benjamin / Delphine Weil-Accardo
La "société civile" dans l'action transnationale au concret
2021
Online-Publikation, Blog-Artikel, op-ed
Schütze, Dr. Benjamin / Camille Abescat / Emma Empociello / Simon Mangon
Noria Research
Jordan has long been one of the highest recipients of US and European “democracy promotion” funding. Severe crackdowns on domestic opposition forces in 2020 and during the royal feud in April 2021, however, have revealed just how flimsy the regime’s commitments to democracy remain, and the extent to which the often celebrated stability of the country remains premised on coercion and oppression.
In his book Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Benjamin Schuetze investigates what external “democracy promoters” actually do in Jordan.
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Schütze, Dr. Benjamin / Prof. Dana El Kurd
Democracy and Autocracy - The International Aftermath of the Arab Spring
The United States features prominently in the authors’ exchange between Dana El Kurd and Benjamin Schuetze. Dana El Kurd’s book, Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine,
is a study of international involvement in Palestinian politics after the Oslo Accords. She demonstrates
how the U.S. supported local elites whose interests diverged from those of the population. This led to
increased authoritarianism and the polarization and demobilization of Palestinian society.
2021
Monographie (Wiss.)
Schütze, Dr. Benjamin
Appearing against the backdrop of Jordan's remarkable levels of authoritarian stability and accounting for Jordan being one of the highest recipients of US and European 'democracy promotion' funding, Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism examines what external 'democracy promoters' actually do when they promote democracy.
2021
Berichte, Studien, Policy Paper, Workingpaper
Schütze, Dr. Benjamin
قدم هذا التقرير نظرة عامة على منشورات مختارة حول العلاقة بين السياسة والطاقة. ثم ناقش بعض
الطرق التي تعمل بها التقنيات والبنى التحتية المختلفة، وطرق التمويل، وأشكال المعرفة في التأثيرات
الاجتماعية والاقتصادية للطاقة الشمسية. أخيراً، قدمت أمثلة مختارة، من أجل إظهار اعتماد الطاقة
الشمسية على السياق.
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Kamski, Dr. Benedikt / Nizar Manek
Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa
The Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa.
Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal.
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Kamski, Dr. Benedikt
Africa Yearbook Volume 17, Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2020
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Kamski, Dr. Benedikt / Prof. Dr. Andreas Mehler / Albert Sebudubudu Kanlisi Awedoba
Africa Yearbook Volume 17, Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2020
2021
Herausgeberschaft (Wiss.)
Kamski, Dr. Benedikt / Prof. Dr. Andreas Mehler / Albert Sebudubudu Kanlisi Awedoba
Africa Yearbook Volume 17, Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2020
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Jenss, Dr. Alke / Evelina Gambino / Emily Judson / Annabel Pinker / Ludovico Rella / Gerald Taylor Aiken / Bregje Van-Veelen
Political Geography
The proliferation of civic demands for democratisation through material infrastructures, including those pertaining to energy, water, currency, and transport, indicates a desire to transform how societal needs are provided, and how technologies of provision might act as ‘loci of hope’ (Bernardo, 2010) for achieving a more desirable and equitable future (Dawson, 2020).
2021
Online-Publikation, Blog-Artikel, op-ed
Jenss, Dr. Alke
Analyse & Kritik
Trotz massiver Repression bringen die Protestierenden in Kolumbien Staat und Militär in Bedrängnis.
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Mehler, Prof. Dr. Andreas
Africa Yearbook 17
2021
Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)
Mehler, Prof. Dr. Andreas
Africa Yearbook 17
2021
Herausgeberschaft (Wiss.)
Kamski, Dr. Benedikt / Prof. Dr. Andreas Mehler / Prof. Albert Awedoba / Prof. David Sebudubudu
Africa Yearbook
The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trens in sub-Sahara Africa
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Dickow, Dr. Helga / Dr. Yonatan N. Gez / Nadia Beider
Africa Spectrum
https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397211052567
Sub-Saharan African societies are widely seen as highly religious. However, at least 30 million Sub-Saharan Africans identify themselves as “religious nones” and are supposedly not affiliated with any religious tradition. While research interest in religious nones has been growing in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, there is a dearth of literature on nones in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we offer an overview of this understudied subject and dwell on key challenges for studying African nones, including preconceived notions and structural oppositions.
2021
Berichte, Studien, Policy Paper, Workingpaper
Zanker, Dr. Franzisca / Hannah Edler / Prof. Dr. Ulrike Krause / Nadine Segadlo
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected refugees and their protection? To respond to this question, we conducted a study using a qualitative questionnaire in six countries in East Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa, namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. In this paper, we explore the information provided by the 90 respondents and focus on three main areas. We first address vulnerable groups and the new, additional and prolonged challenges, as well as potential tensions among refugees and between refugees and host communities due to the pandemic.
2021
Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)
Mehler, Prof. Dr. Andreas / Prof. Dr. Wazi Apoh
Welttrends
Die Restitutionsdebatte gewinnt an Brisanz. Berlin, die alte Kolonialmetropole, und „ihr“ Humboldt-Forum ziehen viel Aufmerksamkeit auf sich. Einer der Gründe für diese Anziehungskraft ist die in Gang gekommene Beschäftigung mit den Verbrechen der Kolonialmacht Deutschland. Ursprünglich sollte mit dem Haus lediglich die Berliner Museumslandschaft der „Weltkulturen“ ergänzt, die über Jahrhunderte gesammelten Schätze im Besitz der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz im Herzen Berlins ausgestellt werden. Aber das erscheint vielen nicht mehr als legitim.
2021