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Lise Rakner

@liserakner.bsky.social

Political Scientist. Democracy, autocratization, Human Rights, African politics.Recent research projects: Rights Activism Under Political Uncertainty. Program Director Politics and Governance of Global Challenges, Master's, 2 years | University of Bergen

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 7mo ago

NEW: Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

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Johanna Söderström@jsoderstrom.bsky.social · 2y ago

Finally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries | The Journal of Modern African Studies | Cambridge Core

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries - Volume 62 Issue 2

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Siri Gloppen@sirigloppen.bsky.social · 2y ago

On a day when resistance to autocratization seems particularly urgent, Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social and I are pleased that our article on "Legalized resistance to autocratisation in common law Africa" is out - and open access. @lawtransform.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Legalised resistance to autocratisation in common law Africa

Since the 1990s, African incumbents have engaged in forms of rule-bending that weaken democratic institutions. The democratic backsliding witnessed weaponises law through processes of autocratic la...

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Lise Rakner@liserakner.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is a note of hope- Norwegian students realize that EU membership makes sense for a liberal democracy with an open economy sharing a border with Russia... go figure- smart kids! www.khrono.no/studenter-me...

Studenter mer EU-vennlige enn resten av befolkninga

Det er svært jevnt løp mellom nei og ja til EU blant studentene, viser ny meningsmåling. — Vi har behov for å være del av et større fellesskap enn vi er i dag, sier student og ja-mann Petter Hov Jacob...

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Jay 🦋@jay.bsky.team · 2y ago

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Tom Pepinsky@tompepinsky.com · 3y ago

This paper is good! And it crystallizes an idea: the type of social change whose outcome you could measure through a randomized controlled trial is almost certainly system-preserving. So, if you only study the policies that RCTs can evaluate, you'll *never* study transformative social change.

Megan Stevenson@meganstevenson.bsky.social · 3y ago

So pleased to see my paper out! It surveys 50+ years of randomized control trials in criminal justice and shows that almost no interventions have lasting benefit -- and the ones that do don't replicate in other settings. 1/ www.bu.edu/bulawreview/... #econsky #polisky #metascience #philsci

Thalia Gerzso@thaliagerzso.bsky.social · 3y ago

Working on political institutions and democracy in Africa? We're calling for participants for a mini-conference during the next APSA. Scholars from the continent and early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. Submit your abstract by Dec. 4: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

APSA Mini-Conference 2024: Call for Papers - Institutions and Democracy in Africa

Following the introduction of multiparty electrons across many parts of Africa in the early 1990s, domestic and international analysts hoped that democracy would take root by institutionalizing horizo...

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