Liberal societies are those which offer refuge from the very people they empower—through individual choice, mobility, and the possibility of exit. This is the form of liberty that most clearly elevates the liberal project.
I am recruiting a three-year postdoc in anti-autocratic messaging
They will play a key role in NEWREPUBLIC, a @erc.europa.eu funded research project
They will join a five-person team at @sussex.ac.uk in Brighton, the UK's happiest (and coolest) city
Join us!
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/dadf8116...
I am recruiting for two international PhD studentships in anti-autocratic ideas in Africa
They will join a five-person team at Sussex Uni, just outside brighton, the UK's happiest (& coolest) city
Join us!
www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
Tanzania’s October election was a sham. When people rose up in protest, the regime responded with a brutal crackdown. That reign of terror marks a turning point for the country, and there is no going back.
Tanzania’s October election was a sham. When people rose up in protest, the regime responded with a brutal crackdown. That reign of terror marks a turning point for the country, and there is no going back.
Tanzania's December 9 protests fizzled out. What does it mean?
How do we make of the wider crisis? What lies behind it? And what changed in it?
Here's my take in @jodemocracy.bsky.social
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
"There are reports of mass graves. There are reports of the dead being taken off the street. There are reports of the dead being disappeared from hospitals"
The Terror unfolding in Tanzania @theworld.org
theworld.org/segments/202...
Speaking now on this forum
Currently discussing: how will the next CCM succession battle play out in light of the protests and the crackdown?
President Hassan sought to strongarm the country’s election, meting out repression, violence, and arrests to anyone who dares challenge her. Tanzanians have seen enough.
Or thousands.
Just out
The protests may be ebbing, but Tanzania will never be the same again
#Tanzania #IdiAminMama #Maandamano #Protest
theconversation.com/tanzania-pre...
Something is happening in Tanzania
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
My take in @jodemocracy.bsky.social
#Tanzania #idiaminmama #protest #maandamano #hatutakiccm
President Hassan sought to strongarm the country’s election, meting out repression, violence, and arrests to anyone who dares challenge her. Tanzanians have seen enough.
Has Tanzania reached its breaking point?
#Nokings drew *mad* crowds
It opens up a big question: what are the best messages to mobilise movements against autocrats?
Big news: that's exactly the question I will be asking in this €1.5 million project I will be running @sussex.ac.uk funded by the @erc.europa.eu
Details at www.danpaget.com
This article in The Chanzo makes for bitter-sweet reading
Half op-ed
Half euology for a democracy never realised
thechanzo.com/2025/10/16/l...
By putting @Lissu on trial and barring Mpina, Hassan has crossed new red lines
She is not becoming as repressive as Magufuli, but more so
My new analysis in @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/tanzanias-sa...
How do consulting giants enable state capture?
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social talks to @devipillay.co.za on McKinsey’s role in South Africa, drawing on the Zondo Commission.
🔗Listen: bit.ly/KBspotify138
🔗Paper: lnkd.in/eczS5NAM
#StateCapture #SouthAfrica #AntiCorruption
The second talk of the our Politics A-Level Masterclass has begun @sussex.ac.uk
Prof. James Hampshire is approaching the subject of anarchism
He is doing so through the case of Rev Sue Parfitt, who was arrested for her supprt for Palestine Action
Emily is has moved on to active citizenship
She is grappling with: how has political participation in modern Britain declined, and why?
Emily is arguing that the Windrush Scandal threw into relief how ideas and practices about citizenship have changed over time
The Politics A-Level Masterclass at @sussex.ac.uk has begun!
Prof. Emily Robinson is speaking to school students who have come from near and far
She is speaking about democrayc and participation in modern Briain
🚨 DON'T FORGET:
Read our July issue FREE while you can (available through July 31)!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...
"For [Hassan], reform is an instrument, a means to 'reform-wash' autocracy…[she] will continue to parcel out just enough reform, crumb by crumb, to keep alive the possibility that more and better reforms are coming," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
"[President Hassan’s] intent is not the achievement of reform, but the impression of reform," write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.
Read "Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" free here:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
"[President Hassan] and the regime benefit from the acclamation and renewed legitimacy that 'reform' brings, even as they try to withhold as much actual reform as possible."
"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing" by Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
New article!
Our argument: President Hassan of Tanzania isn't a reformer, she's a performer
Thanks to @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/tan...
Very proud to be published alongside the transcript of the Oslo speech by @mariastsehai.bsky.social
New article!
Our argument: President Hassan of Tanzania isn't a reformer, she's a performer
Thanks to @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/tan...
Tanzania’s president came into office promising democratic reforms but instead has relied on tried-and-true repressive tools, write Dan Paget and Aikande Clement Kwayu.
"Tanzania’s Autocratic Reform-Washing"
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
