Does the media in Africa spur democratization by promoting free speech or constrain political liberalization because it is rife with corruption? But just how widespread and damaging is media corruption? Dominic Burbidge, a D.Phil candidate at the University of Oxford, investigates. Towards the end of a book detailing the inner workings of East Germany’s Stasi [...]
Kenya: to the election, and beyond. Part One.
With the elections drawing near in Kenya, Dominic Burbidge takes a look at the alliances involved, their prospects for success and the meaning of these elections for the political future. Dominic is a DPhil candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. This is the first in a two-part [...]