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Articles by Amanda B. Edgell
The State, Ethnicity, and Gender in Africa: Intellectual Legacies of Crawford Young
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Kenya’s young voters have a dilemma: they dislike ethnic politics but feel trapped in it
In elections and beyond, young Kenyans are an important political cohort. People between the ages of 18 and 35 make up about 30% of the population and nearly 40% of registered voters in the 2022 election. According to World Bank estimates, almost 20% of young Kenyans were not employed or engaged in education as of 2019, a frustration that may drive their political views. The COVID-19 pandemic likely worsened the situation given lockdowns in 2020 and 2021.
Tribeless and democratic youth? Political attitudes of Kenyan university students toward ethnicity and democracy
ABSTRACT University students have often played a critical role in shaping political dynamics across sub-Saharan Africa. This article situates the expressed political attitudes of students at the University of Nairobi (UoN) within the context of current Kenyan politics.
How democracies prevail: democratic resilience as a two-stage process
Introduction Democracy is under threat globally. Over 20% of countries in the world1 and one-third of the global population are now experiencing substantial and sustained declines in democracy amounting to a “third wave” of autocratization.2 Since 1992, 36 democratic regimes have broken down. What distinguishes democracies that prevail against a global wave of autocratization from those that do not?
The Myth of German Coronavirus Exceptionalism - How the Coronavirus Tests European Democracy
Table of Contents If Western media are to be believed, Germany has dealt exceptionally well with the coronavirus crisis. In the context of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ineptitude and the higher death rates in other big Western democracies, Germany is held up as an example of how to do better. But with whom is Germany being compared? If Western countries’ responses are compared with those of Asian democracies, the West has failed as a whole.
Technocracy and Populism After the Coronavirus - How the Coronavirus Tests European Democracy
Table of Contents In recent decades, there has been a dramatic expansion of technocratic modes of governance. Powers that were previously held by national parliaments have been ceded to courts, central banks, and supranational institutions. This shift was, in part, a deliberate move by national governments to regulate highly technical policy areas and maintain price stability.
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