Anita Breuer

German Development Insitute

Senior Researcher

Tulpenfeld 6

Bonn, 53113

Germany

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Online Political Participation: Slacktivism or Efficiency Increased Activism? Evidence from the Brazilian Ficha Limpa Campaign

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer and Bilal Farooq
German Development Insitute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Social Media, ICT, Political Communication, Political Participation, Activism, Brazil

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The Role of Social Media in Mobilizing Political Protest: Evidence from the Tunisian Revolution

German Development Institute Discussion Paper No. 10/2012, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), ISSN 1860-0441
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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Protest Mobilization, ICT, Social Media, Collective Action, Arab Spring, Tunisia

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Social Media and Protest Mobilization: Evidence from the Tunisian Revolution

4th European Communuication Conferece for the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Istanbul, Turkey, October 24-27, 2012
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer, Todd Landman and Dorothea Farquhar
German Development Insitute, University of Essex and University of Essex
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social media, resource mobilization, digital activism, Tunisian Revolution

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Online Media and Offline Empowerment in Democratic Transition: Linking Forms of Internet Use with Political Attitudes and Behaviors in Post-Rebellion Tunisia

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer and Jacob Groshek
German Development Insitute and Boston University
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Social Media, Democratization, Political Efficacy, Electoral Behavior, Tunisia, Arab Spring

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Democracy Promotion in the Age of Social Media: Risks and Opportunities

German Development Institute, Briefing Paper 12/2011
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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Social Media, Internet and Politics, Democracy Promotion

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The Use of Government-Initiated Referendums in Latin America - Towards a Theory of Referendum Causes

Revista Chilena de Ciencia Política, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 23-55, 2009
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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referendums, Latin America, fragmentation, direct democracy, QCA

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Media Experiences and Communication Strategies of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood from 1928 to 2011: A Brief Historical Overview

Fachjournal Soziale Bewegungen, supplement to 1/2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 May 2014
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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political communication, religious actors, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood

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Islamic Political Communication Online: An Analysis of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Official English Websites

Fachjournal Soziale Bewegungen, supplement to 1/2014
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 May 2014
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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political communication, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, religious actors

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Decentralisation in Togo: The Contribution of ICT-Based Participatory Development Approaches to Strengthening Local Governance

German Development Institute Discussion Paper No. 6/2017
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Feb 2017
Anita Breuer, Laura Blomenkemper, Stefan Kliesch, Franziska Salzer, Manuel Schädler, Valentin Schweinfurth and Stephen Virchow
German Development Insitute, National Metrology Institute of Germany (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KFW) - KfW Development Bank, Finance in Motion GmbH, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GOPA Consultants and National Metrology Institute of Germany (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB)
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ICT4D, Decentralization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Local Governance

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Costa Rica's 2007 Referendum on the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR): Citizen Participation or Manipulation?

Representation, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 455-469, 2009
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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Institutions of Direct Democracy and Accountability in Latin America's Presidential Democracies

Democratization, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 554–579, August 2007
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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Latin America, direct democracy, accountability, presidentialism

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Obstacles to Citizen Participation by Direct Democracy in Latin America: A Comparative Regional Analysis of Legal Frameworks and Evidence from the Costa Rican Case

Democratization, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 100–134, 2011
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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direct democracy, citizen initiatives, comparative institutions, participation, Latin America

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The Problematic Relation between Direct Democracy and Accountability in Latin America: Evidence from the Bolivian Case

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1–23, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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direct democracy, referendums, accountability, presidentialism, Bolivia

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Policymaking by Referendum in Presidential Systems: Evidence from the Bolivian and Colombian Cases

Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 59–89, 2008
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Anita Breuer
German Development Insitute
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Latin America, presidentialism, direct democracy, referendum, Colombia, Bolivia