About

My name is Felix S. Bethke, and I am a German political scientist. I am currently working as a Postdoc scholar at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Previously, I worked as Postdoc at the Universities of Cologne and Duisburg and was a Fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research.

Interests
  • Democratization
  • Protest & Resistance
  • African Politics
  • Econometrics
  • Data Science
  • Survey Experiments
Education
  • PhD in Political Science, 2014

    University of Greifwald, Germany

  • Diploma in Political Science, 2008

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Recent Publications

(2021). Non-violent resistance and the quality of democracy. Conflict Management and Peace Science, Volume: 38, issue: 5, pages: 503-523.

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(2020). COVID-19 and shrinking civic spaces: patterns and consequences. Zeitschrift für Friedens-und Konfliktforschung, issue: 9, pages: 363–374.

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(2020). Die Corona-Pandemie als Bedrohung zivilgesellschaftlicher Handlungsspielräume. Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen, Volume: 33, issue: 3, pages: 671-676.

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(2020). Levelling the Political Playing Field: How Nonviolent Resistance Influences Power Relations After Democratic Transition. The Journal of Resistance Studies, Volume: 6, issue: 1.

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(2020). Nonviolent resistance and democratic consolidation. Springer Nature.

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(2017). Konjunktur des Verantwortungsbegriffs in den Resolutionen des VN-Sicherheitsrates, 1946-2015. PVS-Sonderheft: Politik und Verantwortung.

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(2017). Nonviolent resistance and peaceful turnover of power. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Volume: 23, issue: 4.

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(2016). Cultural Bias in the Perception of Foreign-Policy Events. Global Cooperation Research Papers.

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(2016). Migration of Terrorism. A Multi-disciplinary Mosaic: Reflections on Global Cooperation and Migration.

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(2016). The Democratic Dividend of Non-Violent Resistance. Journal of Peace Research, Volume: 53, issue: 6, pages: 758-771.

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(2014). Actor-networking the ‘failed state’—an enquiry into the life of concepts. Journal of International Relations and Development, Volume 17, issue: 1, pages: 30–60.

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(2012). The consequences of divide-and-rule politics in Africa south of the Sahara. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Volume: 18, issue: 3.

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(2012). Zuverlässig invalide--Indizes zur Messung fragiler Staatlichkeit. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, issue 6, pages 19–37.

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