Lise Rakner

Do women face a different standard? The interplay of gender and corruption in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi

Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner, Lindsay Benstead, Vibeke Wang

Women's Studies International Forum

Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women's Rights Advocacy in Malawi

Ragnhild Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner

Comparative Political Studies

The Other Side of Taxation: Extraction and Social Institutions in the Developing World

Ellen Lust and Lise Rakner

Annual Review of Political Science

Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes

Lise Rakner

The Extractive Industries and Society

Political capital of ruling parties after regime change: contrasting successful insurgencies to peaceful pro-democracy movements

Ragnhild Louise Muriaas, Lise Rakner, Ingvild Aagedal Skage

Civil Wars

Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's movement for multiparty democracy

Lise Rakner

Democratization

In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Democratization

Valgets politikk: Betydningen av administrative virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda

Lise Rakner og Lars Svåsand

Politica - Tidsskrift for Politisk Videnskab

Opposition weakness in Africa

Lise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle

Journal of Democracy

Turnaround: The national resistance movement and the reintroduction of a multiparty system in Uganda

Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

International Political Science Review

Hybrid Regimes and the Challenges of Deepening and Sustaining Democracy in Developing Countries

Alina Rocha Menocal and Veen Fritz with Lise Rakner

South African Journal of International Affairs

Fissions and Fusions, Foes and Friends

Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand, Nixon S. Khembo

Comparative Political Studies

Stuck in Transition: Electoral Processes in Zambia 1991-2001.

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Democratization

From dominant to competitive party system: The Zambian experiences 1991-2001

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Party Politics

Political processes in the context of multilateral elections in Zambia . Part one. Special issue.

Lise Rakner et al., ed.

African Social Research

The quality of electoral processes: Zambian election 1991-2001

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

African Social Research

Accountability through tax reform? Reflections from Sub-Saharan Africa

Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner

IDS Bulletin

Business associations and growth coalitions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lise Rakner, Deborah Bräutigam and Scott Taylor

The Journal of Modern African Studies

Økonomiske og sosiale rettigheter i en global verden. En diskusjon av Asbjørn Eides "Making human rights universal: achievements and prospects"

Lise Rakner, Astri Suhrke

Mennesker og rettigheter

The pluralist paradox: The decline of economic interest groups in Zambia in the 1990s

Lise Rakner

Development and Change

The politics of revenue mobilisation: Explaining continuity in Namibian tax policies

Lise Rakner

Forum for Development Studies

Is rational choice institutionalism useful for development studies?

Lise Rakner

Forum for Development Studies

Er menneskerettigheter universelle?

Lise Rakner

Tidens Tegn

Political transition and economic reform. The role of labour in Zambian national politics

Lise Rakner

Forum for Development Studies

Politics in the developing world. 3rd ed.

Peter Burnell, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner, eds.

Electoral Democracy in Uganda. Understanding Institutional Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections

Julius Kiiza, Sabiti Makara and Lise Rakner (Eds.)

Globalization and Democratization: Challenges for Political Parties. Essays in Honor of Lars Svåsand

Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner (eds.)

Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia 1991-2001

Lise Rakner

Lobbying in tax policy making: The case of VAT-reform in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

The politics of revenue bargaining: Triggers, processes, and outcomes

LGBT rights in Africa

Siri Gloppen, Lise Rakner

Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and the Law

The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Caleb Fundanga and Lise Rakner

Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa

The Impact of elections: The case of Uganda

Svein-Erik Helle, Lise Rakner

Crisis in Autocratic Regimes

Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation

Octavio L. Motta Ferraz, Siri Gloppen, Ottar Mæstad, Lise Rakner

Juridification and Social Citizenship in the Welfare State

Grabbing an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda

Svein-Erik Helle, Lise Rakner

Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges

I pose og sekk? Klima i norsk utviklingspolitikk etter 2005

Siri Gloppen, Svein-Erik Helle og Lise Rakner

Nye stormakter i Afrika. Utvikling eller utbytting?

In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared

Lise Rakner, Lars G Svåsand

Promoting party politics in emerging democracies

Assessing the impact of health rights litigation: A comparative analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and South Africa

Ottar Mæstad, Lise Rakner and Octavio L. Motta Ferraz

Litigating health rights. Can courts bring more justice to health?

Governance and aid conditionality in a globalizing world

Lise Rakner, Peter Burnell

Politics in the developing world

Introduction

Peter Burnell, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner

Politics in the developing world

Institutional perspectives

Lise Rakner and Vicky Randall

Politics in the developing world. 3rd. ed.

The management of the 2009 electoral process: The role of the Malawi Electoral Commission

Lise Rakner

Democracy in progress. Malawi's 2009 parliamentary and presidential elections

Civil society and human security: a conceptual note

Lise Rakner

Furthering Southern African integration. Proceedings of the 2008 FOPRISA annual conference (FOPRISA report no. 7).

Opposition parties and incumbent presidents: the new dynamics of electoral competition in Africa

Lise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle

Democratization by elections. A new mode of transition

Administering the 2006 Multiparty Elections: The Role of the Electoral Commission

Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner and Sabastiano Rwengabo

Electoral Democracy in Uganda. Understanding the Institutional Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections

Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Reintroduction of a Multiparty System in Uganda

Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Electoral Democracy in Uganda. Understanding the Institutional Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections

Conclusion: Reflections on the 2006 Elections in Uganda

Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner and Julius Kiiza

Electoral Democracy in Uganda. Understanding the Institutional Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections

The Evolution of International Norms and Standards of Electoral Process

Dorothy Mpabanga and Lise Rakner

Proceedings of the 2006 FOPRISA Annual Conference

Introduction: Coming to Grips with the Current Predicaments of Political Parties

Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner

Globalization and Democratization: Challenges for Political Parties. Essays in Honor of Lars Svåsand

Opposition Parties in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle

Globalization and Democratization: Challenges for Political Parties. Essays in Honor of Lars Svåsand

Elections: Systems and Processes

Lise Rakner; Mette Bakken and Nixon S. Khembo

Government and Politics in Malawi

From Dominant to Competitive Party System. The Zambian Experience 1991-2001

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Writing Rights: Human Rights Research at the Chr.Michelsen Institute 1984-2004

Tax reform and democratic accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

Lise Rakner and Siri Gloppen

Beyond structural adjustment: the institutional context of African development

Namibia

Lise Rakner

Media i Afrika - Afrika i media

Zambia

Lise Rakner, Nicolas van de Walle and Dominic Mulaisho

Aid and reform in Africa: Lessons from ten case studies

Namibia

Lise Rakner

Fellesrådets Afrika-årbok 2000-2001

Zambia og 1990-årenes doble reformagenda

Lise Rakner

Fellesrådets Afrika Årbok '95. Tema: Demokrati i Afrika

It Takes a Female Chief: Gender and Effective Policy Advocacy in Malawi

Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benstead, Boniface Dulani and Lise Rakner

The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) in Malawi: Selected Findings on Gender

Lindsay Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Lise Rakner, and Vibeke Wang

Good Governance, Aid Modalities and Poverty Reduction. From Better Theory to Better Practice

CDD-Ghana, ESRF, ODI, CMI

Opposition Parties in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle

Democratisation's Third Wave and the Challenges of Democratic Deepening: Assessing International Democracy Assistance and Lessons Learned

Lise Rakner, Alina Rocha Menocal, Verena Fritz

Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania. Final Synthesis Report

Andrew Lawson and Lise Rakner

Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania. Revised Inception Report

Evelyn Dietche, Tim Kelsall, Siri Lange, Andrew Lawson, Donald Mmari, Lise Rakner and Vibeke Wang

The budget as theatre - the formal and informal institutional makins of the budget process in Malawi. Final report

Lise Rakner, Luke Mukubvu, Naomi Ngwira, Kimberly Smiddy and Aaron Schneider

The politics of revenue mobilisation. Explaining continuity in Namibian tax policies.

Lise Rakner

The Politics of revenue mobilisation: explaining continuity in Namibia tax policies

Lise Rakner

Introduction: The new politics of taxation and accountability in developing countries

Lise Rakner and Mick Moore

Taxation, aid and democracy. An agenda for research in Africa

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, with Lise Rakner and Joseph Semboja

Reform as a matter of political survival: Political and economic liberalisation in Zambia 1991-1996

Lise Rakner

Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration

Lise Rakner, Vibeke Wang

The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi

Siri Gloppen, Edge Kanyongolo, Nixon Khembo, Nandini Patel, Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand, Arne Tostensen and Mette Bakken

The Accountability Function of Supreme Audit Institutions in Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania

Vibeke Wang and Lise Rakner

Poverty reduction strategy processes in Malawi and Zambia

Edgar Bwalya, Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand, Arne Tostensen, Maxton Tsoka

Taxation and tax reforms in developing countries: Illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Lise Rakner

Multiparty elections in Africa's new democracies

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Botswana- 30 years of economic growth, democracy and aid: Is there a connection?

Lise Rakner

Human rights and development. The discourse in the humanities and social sciences

Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner

Trade unions in processes of democratisation. A study of party labour relations in Zamiba

Lise Rakner

Menneskerettigheter og utviklingsprosesser

Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner

Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad,Lise Rakner

The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and Uganda

Svein-Erik Helle, Lise Rakner

Administering Uganda's 2006 Multiparty Elections: The Role of the Electoral Commission

Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner, Sabastiano Rwengabo

Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Re-introduction of a Multiparty System in Uganda

Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand

Maybe free but not fair: Electoral administration in Malawi 1994-2004

Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand

Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system re-structuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections

Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand

Responsiveness to the concerns of the poor and accountability to the commitments to poverty reduction

Siri Gloppen, Lise Rakner and Arne Tostensen

Uncertainty as a strategy: Electoral processes in Zambia 1991-2001

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Taxation, aid and democracy. An agenda for research in African countries

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Ole Therkildsen, with Lise Rakner and Joseph Semboja

The pluralist paradox. The decline of economic interest groups in Zambia in the 1990s

Lise Rakner

Political institutions and economic reform: Zambia and South Africa in comparative context

Lise Rakner and Tor Skålnes

Rational choice and the problem of institutions. A discussion of rational choice institutionalism and its application by Robert Bates

Lise Rakner

Do interest groups matter in economic policy- making? Reflections from a Zambian case study.

Lise Rakner

Civil society’s role in petroleum sector governance: The case of Tanzania

Kendra Dupuy, Lise Rakner, Lucas Katera

The perfect enemy: From migrants to sexual minorities

Siri Gloppen,Lise Rakner

Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire

Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Lindsay J. Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner

The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Caleb Fundanga, Lise Rakner

Democracy matters more than ever: Democracy assistance after the entrance of the "Emerging Southern Powers" in sub-Saharan Africa

Svein-Erik Helle, Lise Rakner, Helge Rønning

"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow": The Arab Spring and its effect in sub-Saharan Africa

Svein-Erik Helle, Lise Rakner, Helge Rønning

Do elections imply democracy or autocracy?

Lise Rakner, Helge Rønning

International Democracy Assistance: Key Lessons

Lise Rakner, Alina Rocha Menocal, Verena Fritz

Breaking BAD: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy in Africa

Lise Rakner

Vafler for demokratiet

Rakner, Lise

Demokrati i forfall

Lise Rakner

Fighting Poverty in Africa: Are PRSPs Making a Difference? Edited by David Booth

Lise Rakner

Journal of Modern African Studies

Skattepolitikk i Tanzania på 1900-tallet: Samspillet mellom staten, interessegrupper og bistandsaktørene

Lise Rakner

Den Ny Verden

Framing the Fight for LGBT Rights: How Human Rights and Public Health Narratives Shape Policymaker Support

Leonardo R. Arriola, Donghyun Danny Choi, Justine M. Davis, Melanie L. Phillips, Lise Rakner

The political economy of autocratization

Lyn Ossome,Godfrey Kanyenze,Carl Henrik Knutsen,Mari Norbakk,Raquel Pimenta, and Lise Rakner

Labour, autocratization and resistance

Godfrey Kanyenze, Kerstin Hamann, Lyn Ossome, Liv Tønnessen, and Lise Rakner

A perfect storm for Zimbabwe´s civil society

Lise Rakner and Siri Gloppen

Human Rights Activism in Challenging Circumstances

Arsene Brice Bado, Lise Rakner, Moumouni Soumano , Samah Khalaf Allah , activist from Sudan and Liv Tønnessen

Who is knowledgeable about a nationwide women's political rights campaign? Political knowledge, gender and lineage systems in Malawi

Vibeke Wang, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University, Boniface Dulani, Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Ragnhild Muriaas, University of Bergen, Lise Rakner, University of Bergen

Tax bargains in poorly regulated countries: Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

Shaping public policies in poorly regulated natural resource rich countries: Lobbying games by domestic and foreign companies in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Jesper Johnsøn, Prosper Ngowi and Lise Rakner

Using Traditional Leaders to End Child Marriage: Evidence from a survey experiment in Malawi

Lindsay Benstead, Boniface Dulani, Ragnhild Muriaas, Lise Rakner, Vibeke Wang

The impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared

Lise Rakner

The management of the 2009 elections: The role of the Malawi Electoral Commission.

Lise Rakner

The politics of elections (or why incumbents remain in office). the cases of Malawi and Uganda

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Opposition Parties in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lise Rakner and Nicolas van de Walle

Fissions and Fusions, Foes and Friends. Party system restructuring in the Malawi 2004 elections

Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand

Den gode «fiende»: Fra flyktninger til seksuelle minoriteter

Lise Rakner

Diktatorens lærebok: Kapittelet om Tanzania

Lise Rakner

Lessons from Zambia - Recommendations for a more sustainable mining tax regime

Caleb Fundanga, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

Lessons from Zambia – From a profit-based tax system, to a revenue-based tax system

Caleb Fundanga, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

Lessons from Zambia … for a more sustainable mining tax regime

Caleb Fundanga, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

Queer rights activism under political uncertainty

Liv Tønnessen

Gender, Governance and Participation in Malawi

Boniface Dulani, Happy Mickson Kayuni,Ellen Lust,Ragnhild Muriaas, and Lise Rakner

“Slaget om menneskerettighetene. Om demokratiets tilbakegang”

Lise Rakner

Briefing on preliminary findings from TIP-research on mining tax lobbying in Zambia

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

The political-economy of tax reform in Tanzania: The case of the VAT Act 2014

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Lise Rakner

Politiske partier i Afrika.

Lise Rakner

The Monkey Cage at the Washington Post: Why Campaigns to Stop Child Marriage Can Backfire

Ragnhild L. Muriaas, University of Bergen, Vibeke Wang, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University, Boniface Dulani, University of Malawi, Lise Rakner, University of Bergen/Chr. Michelsen Institute