Chair
Adam Szymański
ad_szym@poczta.onet.pl / ar.szymanski@uw.edu.pl
University of Warsaw
Vice-Chairs
Dirk Kotzé
kotzedj@unisa.ac.za
University of South Africa
Secretary
Melba Nyabereka
melbanyabereka@gmail.com
Monash University, South Africa Campus
Other Boards Members
Since 2018:
Rana Abo Amra, Cairo University, Egypt, rana_aboamra@yahoo.com
Renata Mieńkowska-Norkienė, University of Warsaw, Poland, r.mienkowska@uw.edu.pl
Simon Akindes, University of Wisconsin, US, akindess@uwp.edu
Agnieszka Bejma, University of Warsaw, Poland, a.bejma@uw.edu.pl
Davor Boban, University of Zagreb, Croatia, dboban@fpzg.hr
Since 2021:
Ana Lucia Henrique, Chamber of Deputies, Brazil, analuhenrique@gmail.com
Edgar Javier Flores Tiravanti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, edgarjflorestiravanti@yahoo.com.ar
Martin Mendoza-Botelho, Eastern Connecticut State University, US, mendozabotelhom@easternct.edu
Background
Recognised as study group in 1989; granted research committee status in 1994.
Objectives
Deals with the basic conditions of democracy, but also the more specific aspects of the recent “wave”, in a systematic comparative manner. The present focus in on the historical and cultural particularities of this process in the major regions of the world (ie Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe, thus far). Further work will concentrate on the theoretical implications of these processes and the risks and chances for a further consolidation and deepening of democracy in all parts of the world.
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