Spain case study (part of the ‘Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies’ programme)
The case of Spain offers an interesting context to test the relationship between inequality, trust, and governance in a democracy. After...
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The case of Spain offers an interesting context to test the relationship between inequality, trust, and governance in a democracy. After...
The Colombian government and the guerrilla group FARC signed a peace agreement in 2016, in which the warring sides established a route...
This major international ESRC-funded programme aims to explore how trust mediates the relationship between inequality and governance in settings where democratic institutions may be unstable or under threat.
20 February 2019
Published by: IDS
Why does a gender gap in voting exist in Pakistan? Our research looks beyond the creation of democratic spaces for women's participation, such as voter registration, to look instead at the constraints that women face in being able to use such spaces. This paper uses qualitative fieldwork undertaken in Lahore over 2017–18 to understand what enables or constrains women’s decision to turn out to vote.
In Pakistan, the gender gap in electoral participation continues to be a significant challenge. In the 8 min explainer video above,...
This research theme, under the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) Research Programme, is concerned with the following question: how can stable and inclusive political settlements (among elites) and a just social contract (between elites and different social groups) emerge that are based on accountable and responsive institutions?
Action for Empowerment and Accountability is an international research programme which explores how social and political action can contribute to empowerment and accountability in fragile, conflict, and violent settings, with a particular focus on Egypt, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan.