Articles by Lise Herman

February 15, 2024

♟ The EU didn’t foresee autocratisation in Central and Eastern Europe – neither did political science

Lise Herman

The EU did not foresee how autocratisation would unfold in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). But political scientists failed to raise the alarm, too. Lise Herman, James Dawson and Aurelia Ananda show that optimistic assumptions about democratisation misled policy makers and researchers alike

Lise Herman

Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter

Lise's research bridges the fields of comparative politics, party studies and normative democratic theory.

Current projects include a Horizon Europe-financed comparative study of partisan debates around citizen participation and democratic innovations in Europe.

Democratic Partisanship: Party Activism in an Age of Democratic Crises
Edinburgh University Press, 2023

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