Kressen Thyen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4163554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kressen Thyen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kressen |
| FAMILY NAME | Thyen |
| SIGNATURE | THYEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tübingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0006-2415 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What’s ‘rural’ in rural development? Interrogating internationalised visions for the African countryside
Rural development has a long history in international development practice, yet the conception of ‘rurality’ and its implications for what rural development does are rarely discussed in their own right. Based on a double-paired comparison of two North African (Morocco, Tunisia) and two Southern African (Botswana, Zambia) cases, this article investigates varying, context-specific meanings of ‘rural’ and their interaction with internationalised dev…
Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Maghreb: A Materialist Critique
Between affordable welfare and affordable food: Internationalized food subsidy reforms in Egypt and Tunisia
The public subsidization of food is an important element of North African welfare states, guaranteeing access to affordable nutrition and maintaining food security even in times of economic downturns. Since the 1970s, universal food subsidy schemes have come under growing international pressure, and North African countries have selectively adopted policy recommendations and adjusted their subsidy schemes. Comparing the empirical cases of Egypt an…
Managing Contention: Divergent Government Responses to Youth Protests in the Arab World
Why do some authoritarian governments respond beneficently to political protest while others opt for repression? This article argues that beneficent government responses in the form of concessions or institutional inclusion are fostered by three interrelated mechanisms working at three distinct levels: institutionalization of political protest within the polity, external certification of protest demands by legally legitimized authorities, and int…
Legitimacy and protest under authoritarianism: Explaining student mobilization in Egypt and Morocco during the Arab uprisings
Political protests constitute a major concern to authoritarian regimes. Existing research has argued that they indicate a lack of regime legitimacy. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between legitimacy and protest participation remains rare. Based on new survey data from Morocco and Egypt, this study investigates whether legitimacy played a significant role in student mobilization during the 2011 uprisings. In doing so, we first dev…
Promising democracy, legitimizing autocracy? Perceptions of regime democraticness among university students in Morocco
Legitimacy and protest under authoritarianism: Explaining student mobilization in Egypt and Morocco during the Arab uprisings
Political protests constitute a major concern to authoritarian regimes. Existing research has argued that they indicate a lack of regime legitimacy. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between legitimacy and protest participation remains rare. Based on new survey data from Morocco and Egypt, this study investigates whether legitimacy played a significant role in student mobilization during the 2011 uprisings. In doing so, we first dev…
Managing Contention: Divergent Government Responses to Youth Protests in the Arab World
Why do some authoritarian governments respond beneficently to political protest while others opt for repression? This article argues that beneficent government responses in the form of concessions or institutional inclusion are fostered by three interrelated mechanisms working at three distinct levels: institutionalization of political protest within the polity, external certification of protest demands by legally legitimized authorities, and int…
Between affordable welfare and affordable food: Internationalized food subsidy reforms in Egypt and Tunisia
The public subsidization of food is an important element of North African welfare states, guaranteeing access to affordable nutrition and maintaining food security even in times of economic downturns. Since the 1970s, universal food subsidy schemes have come under growing international pressure, and North African countries have selectively adopted policy recommendations and adjusted their subsidy schemes. Comparing the empirical cases of Egypt an…
Promising democracy, legitimizing autocracy? Perceptions of regime democraticness among university students in Morocco
Managing Contention: Divergent Government Responses to Youth Protests in the Arab World
Why do some authoritarian governments respond beneficently to political protest while others opt for repression? This article argues that beneficent government responses in the form of concessions or institutional inclusion are fostered by three interrelated mechanisms working at three distinct levels: institutionalization of political protest within the polity, external certification of protest demands by legally legitimized authorities, and int…
Legitimacy and protest under authoritarianism: Explaining student mobilization in Egypt and Morocco during the Arab uprisings
Political protests constitute a major concern to authoritarian regimes. Existing research has argued that they indicate a lack of regime legitimacy. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between legitimacy and protest participation remains rare. Based on new survey data from Morocco and Egypt, this study investigates whether legitimacy played a significant role in student mobilization during the 2011 uprisings. In doing so, we first dev…
Between affordable welfare and affordable food: Internationalized food subsidy reforms in Egypt and Tunisia
The public subsidization of food is an important element of North African welfare states, guaranteeing access to affordable nutrition and maintaining food security even in times of economic downturns. Since the 1970s, universal food subsidy schemes have come under growing international pressure, and North African countries have selectively adopted policy recommendations and adjusted their subsidy schemes. Comparing the empirical cases of Egypt an…
Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Maghreb: A Materialist Critique
What’s ‘rural’ in rural development? Interrogating internationalised visions for the African countryside
Rural development has a long history in international development practice, yet the conception of ‘rurality’ and its implications for what rural development does are rarely discussed in their own right. Based on a double-paired comparison of two North African (Morocco, Tunisia) and two Southern African (Botswana, Zambia) cases, this article investigates varying, context-specific meanings of ‘rural’ and their interaction with internationalised dev…
Political science (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Authoritarianism (3 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)