Claudia Simons
Biographic Data
| ID | 374054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudia Simons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudia |
| FAMILY NAME | Simons |
| SIGNATURE | SIMONS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Works as a political advisor in the Africa department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (Berlin) and is a PhD candidate at the Free University of Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Institutionalisation of Power Revisited
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits, or make them otherwise ineffective, has ignited a debate about the significance of constitutional engineering, and its implications for the rule of law, democracy, and the nature of politics in general. In light of recent instances of 'third-term bids,' we revisit the hypothesis about the institutionalisation of power in Africa and challenge the a…
The good, the bad, and the powerful
This article argues for a reflexive perspective on the ‘local’ in peacebuilding. While it is now widely acknowledged that anything local is complex, unstable, and relational, scholars continue to make truth claims about local actors and practices. This leads to an incomplete account of peacebuilding, as it conceals the powerful effects of representation, which shape our perspective on the local. We argue that the local is both used and produced t…
Power-sharing in Africa's war zones
Research on power-sharing in Africa remains silent on the effects of national peace agreements on the sub-national level. Conversely, most armed conflicts originate and are fought in (or over) specific areas. A plausible hypothesis would be that for power-sharing to have the desired pacifying effect throughout the national territory, it needs to be extended to the local level. Based on fieldwork in six former hotspots in Liberia, Burundi and the …
The good, the bad, and the powerful
This article argues for a reflexive perspective on the ‘local’ in peacebuilding. While it is now widely acknowledged that anything local is complex, unstable, and relational, scholars continue to make truth claims about local actors and practices. This leads to an incomplete account of peacebuilding, as it conceals the powerful effects of representation, which shape our perspective on the local. We argue that the local is both used and produced t…
The Institutionalisation of Power Revisited
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits, or make them otherwise ineffective, has ignited a debate about the significance of constitutional engineering, and its implications for the rule of law, democracy, and the nature of politics in general. In light of recent instances of 'third-term bids,' we revisit the hypothesis about the institutionalisation of power in Africa and challenge the a…
Power-sharing in Africa's war zones
Research on power-sharing in Africa remains silent on the effects of national peace agreements on the sub-national level. Conversely, most armed conflicts originate and are fought in (or over) specific areas. A plausible hypothesis would be that for power-sharing to have the desired pacifying effect throughout the national territory, it needs to be extended to the local level. Based on fieldwork in six former hotspots in Liberia, Burundi and the …
Power-sharing in Africa's war zones
Research on power-sharing in Africa remains silent on the effects of national peace agreements on the sub-national level. Conversely, most armed conflicts originate and are fought in (or over) specific areas. A plausible hypothesis would be that for power-sharing to have the desired pacifying effect throughout the national territory, it needs to be extended to the local level. Based on fieldwork in six former hotspots in Liberia, Burundi and the …
The good, the bad, and the powerful
This article argues for a reflexive perspective on the ‘local’ in peacebuilding. While it is now widely acknowledged that anything local is complex, unstable, and relational, scholars continue to make truth claims about local actors and practices. This leads to an incomplete account of peacebuilding, as it conceals the powerful effects of representation, which shape our perspective on the local. We argue that the local is both used and produced t…
The Institutionalisation of Power Revisited
In Africa, a seemingly growing number of attempts by presidents to overcome or abrogate term limits, or make them otherwise ineffective, has ignited a debate about the significance of constitutional engineering, and its implications for the rule of law, democracy, and the nature of politics in general. In light of recent instances of 'third-term bids,' we revisit the hypothesis about the institutionalisation of power in Africa and challenge the a…
Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)