Institutionen der Universität Bayreuth
Professur Politikwissenschaft: Politik Afrikas und Entwicklungspolitik - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg

Stroh, Alexander:
The ambiguities of rapid enlargement in regional organisations and prospects for East African regional integration.
In: The Round Table : The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies. Bd. 115 (2026) Heft 2 . - S. 241-259.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2026.2641039

Osterberg-Kaufmann, Norma ; Weissenbach, Kristina ; Stroh, Alexander ; Weiffen, Brigitte ; Noesselt, Nele ; Pickel, Susanne ; Richter, Thomas ; Faas, Thorsten:
Polykrise als globales Phänomen? Perspektiven aus der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft.
In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Bd. 20 (2026) . - 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-026-00656-3

Wüst, Andreas:
Re-Branding Moroccan Identity : Cultural Policies and the Stabilisation of Monarchic Power.
Bayreuth , 2025 . - 697 S.
( Dissertation, 2025 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies - BIGSAS)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008537

Informality and Courts : Comparative Perspectives.
Hrsg.: Dressel, Björn ; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul ; Stroh, Alexander
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 2024 . - 328 S.

Stroh, Alexander ; Kisakye, Diana:
Informality and Multi-level Judicial Appointment Processes in African Regional Courts.
In: Dressel, Björn ; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul ; Stroh, Alexander (Hrsg.): Informality and Courts : Comparative Perspectives. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024 . - S. 246-266

Kisakye, Diana ; Stroh, Alexander:
Informality and Relations in International Judicial Appointments : Evidence from Sub-regional Courts in Africa.
In: The African Review. Bd. 53 (2024) Heft 1-2 . - S. 110-136.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1821889x-bja10139

Stroh, Alexander ; Kisakye, Diana:
Major structural elements and appointment criteria to African Regional Courts with references to Treaty and protocol regulations : (as of January 2024).

2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007471

Sabbi, Matthew:
Emplacing Funsi : Antinomies of a District Capital and Transformation in Rural Ghana.
In: Forum for Development Studies. Bd. 50 (2023) Heft 1 . - S. 133-157.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2022.2096481

Kisakye, Diana:
“Hanging out” with judicial and legal elites: Reflections on researching “up”.
Hrsg.: Ahmad, Usman ; Rohmer, Monika Christine
Bayreuth : Institute of African Studies (IAS), 2023 . - VII, 23 S. - (University of Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers ; 40 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007387

Sabbi, Matthew:
"We Did Many Projects Together" : Boundary-Spanning Strategies of Councillors in Rural Ghana.
In: Progress in Development Studies. Bd. 23 (2023) Heft 2 . - S. 183-202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934221149610

Sabbi, Matthew ; Neubert, Dieter ; Stroh, Alexander:
"Social media is for the elite" : Local political communication in Ghana in times of COVID-19.
Hrsg.: Ayeko-Kümmeth, Jane
Bayreuth : Institute of African Studies, 2022 . - IV, 34 S. - (University of Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers ; 32 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006414

Sabbi, Matthew ; Stroh, Alexander ; Neubert, Dieter:
Paradoxes of Local Self-governance : Legitimation Strategies of Rural Councillors Under National and Global Influences in Africa.
In: Neubert, Dieter ; Lauth, Hans-Joachim ; Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph (Hrsg.): Local Self-Governance and Varieties of Statehood : Tensions and Cooperation. - Cham : Springer, 2022 . - S. 51-74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14996-2_3

Sabbi, Matthew:
"Staged Dilemma" : Hidden Political Intents in Ghana's Botched Referendum of 2019.
In: International Journal of African Renaissance Studies. Bd. 17 (2022) Heft 2 . - S. 28-50.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2022.2042705

Daniel, Antje ; Kroeker, Lena ; Sabbi, Matthew:
Soziologie aus, über oder in Afrika? Variierende Verständnisse afrikabezogener Wissensproduktion und Theoriebildung.
In: Delitz, Heike ; Müller, Julian ; Seyfert, Robert (Hrsg.): Handbuch Theorien der Soziologie. - Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2022 . - S. 1-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31744-7_3-1

Kisakye, Diana:
Informality in International Judicial Appointments : A Relational Approach to Sub-Regional Courts.
2021
Veranstaltung: Cluster Conference “Africa*n Relations : Modalities Reflected , 14.-17. Juli 2021 , Bayreuth, Deutschland.
(Veranstaltungsbeitrag: Kongress/Konferenz/Symposium/Tagung , Vortrag )

Kisakye, Diana:
Challenging the Rule of Law in the East African Court of Justice.
2021
Veranstaltung: VAD Africa Challenges , 7.-11. Juni 2021 , Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, Online.
(Veranstaltungsbeitrag: Kongress/Konferenz/Symposium/Tagung , Paper )

Kisakye, Diana:
Rezension von: Gathii, James Thuo (Ed.): The Performance of Africa's International Courts : Using Litigation for Political, Legal, and Social Change. Oxford University Press, 2020.
In: AfronomicsLAW : Book Symposium XIII. - 2021

Stroh, Alexander:
Traces of socialism in Burkina Faso's party system : the trajectory of Sankarism in times of political liberalization.
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies = Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. Bd. 55 (2021) Heft 2 . - S. 351-371.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00083968.2020.1850306

Sabbi, Matthew:
Decentralized local authorities and marginal actors in Africa : the bridge-building perspective.
In: Bogner, Artur ; Kößler, Reinhart ; Korff, Rüdiger ; Melber, Henning (Hrsg.): Die Welt aus der Perspektive der Entwicklungssoziologie : Festschrift für Dieter Neubert. - Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlag, 2020 . - S. 223-238 . - (Bayreuther Studien zu Politik und Gesellschaft in Afrika ; 5 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748906681-223

Sabbi, Matthew ; Stroh, Alexander:
The "Numbers Game" : Strategic Reactions to Results-Based Development Assistance in Ghana.
In: Studies in Comparative International Development. Bd. 55 (2020) Heft 1 . - S. 77-98.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-019-09296-z

Kisakye, Diana:
Unpacking the notion of "equal" partnership in Germany's Africa policy : A case study of a Ugandan-German business negotiation.
Bayreuth , 2019 . - 68 S.
(Masterarbeit, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Kultur und Technik in Afrika)

Stroh, Alexander:
Benin.
In: Abbink, Jon ; Adetula, Victor ; Mehler, Andreas ; Melber, Henning (Hrsg.): Africa Yearbook 14 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2017. - Leiden : Brill, 2018 . - S. 48-55 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 14 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004367630_005

Stroh, Alexander ; von Soest, Christian:
Comparisons across World Regions : Managing Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Challenges.
In: Ahram, Ariel I. ; Köllner, Patrick ; Sil, Rudra (Hrsg.): Comparative Area Studies : Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2018 . - S. 66-84

Makulilo, Alexander ; Stroh, Alexander ; Henry, Rodrick:
An institutional mission that nobody wants to accomplish : Actors and interests in the genesis of the East African Political Federation.
In: The African Review. Bd. 45 (2018) Heft 2 (Special Issue) . - S. 96-114.

Dressel, Björn ; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul ; Stroh, Alexander:
The Informal Dimension of Judicial Politics : A Relational Perspective.
In: Annual Review of Law and Social Science. Bd. 13 (2017) . - S. 413-430.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110316-113750

Sabbi, Matthew:
Local State Institutional Reforms in Ghana : Actors, Legitimacy and the Unfulfilled Promise of Participatory Development.
Baden-Baden : Nomos , 2017 . - 336 S. - (Bayreuther Studien zu Politik und Gesellschaft in Afrika ; 3 )

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845281414

Stroh, Alexander ; Heyl, Charlotte ; Lucas, Viola ; Tibi Weber, Cordula ; Llanos, Mariana:
Ousted from the Bench? : Judicial Departures in Consolidating Democracies.
GIGA
Hamburg : GIGA, 2017 . - 34 S. - (GIGA Working Papers ; 300 )

Stroh, Alexander:
Benin.
In: Africa Yearbook 12 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2015. - Leiden : Brill, 2016 . - S. 45-52 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 12 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2015_COM_0004

Stroh, Alexander:
The Consequences of Appointment Policies for Court Legitimacy in Benin : A Network Analysis Approach.
GIGA
Hamburg : GIGA, 2016 . - 30 S. - (GIGA Working Papers ; 281 )

Llanos, Mariana ; Tibi Weber, Cordula ; Heyl, Charlotte ; Stroh, Alexander:
Informal interference in the judiciary in new democracies : a comparison of six African and Latin American cases.
In: Democratization. Bd. 23 (2016) Heft 7 . - S. 1236-1253.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2015.1081170

Stroh, Alexander:
Benin.
In: Africa Yearbook 11 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2014. - Leiden , 2015 . - S. 41-47 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 11 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2014_COM_0004

Sabbi, Matthew:
The Competing Interests of Local Political Actors in the Making of Local Government in Ghana.
In: Modern Africa. Bd. 3 (2015) Heft 1 . - S. 11-37.

Stroh, Alexander ; Heyl, Charlotte:
Institutional Diffusion, Strategic Insurance, and the Creation of West African Constitutional Courts.
In: Comparative Politics. Bd. 47 (2015) Heft 2 . - S. 169-187.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5129/001041515814224453

Llanos, Mariana ; Tibi Weber, Cordula ; Heyl, Charlotte ; Stroh, Alexander:
Informal Interference in the Judiciary in New Democracies : A Comparison of Six African and Latin American Cases.
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Hamburg : GIGA, 2014 . - 26 S. - (GIGA Working Papers ; 245 )

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 10 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2013. - Leiden : Brill, 2014 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 10 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2013_COM_0006

Stroh, Alexander:
Erfolgsbedingungen politischer Parteien im frankophonen Afrika : Benin und Burkina Faso seit der Rückkehr zum Mehrparteiensystem.
Opladen, Berlin, Toronto : Budrich , 2014 . - 326 S. - (Parteien in Theorie und Empirie ; 5 )

Heyl, Charlotte ; Stroh, Alexander:
Verfassungsgerichte in Westafrika : unabhängige Krisenmanager?
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Hamburg : GIGA, 2014 . - 8 S. - (GIGA Focus Afrika ; 2014,1 )

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 9 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2012. - Leiden : Brill, 2013 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 9 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2012_COM_0006

Weineck, Benjamin:
Schreiben gegen die Ungläubigen : Spätosmanische Polemik gegen den Bektaşi-Orden.
Bayreuth , 2013 . - 132 S.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004966

Stroh, Alexander:
Stabilitätsanker Verfassung : kleine Reformen und große Ängste in Benin.
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Hamburg : GIGA, 2013 . - 8 S. - (GIGA Focus Afrika ; 2013, 4 )

Stroh, Alexander ; Elischer, Sebastian ; Erdmann, Gero:
Origins and Outcomes of Electoral Institutions in African Hybrid Regimes : A Comparative Perspective.
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Hamburg : GIGA, 2012 . - 40 S. - (GIGA Working Papers ; 197 )

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 8 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2011. - Leiden : Brill, 2012 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 8 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2011_COM_0005

Basedau, Matthias ; Stroh, Alexander:
How ethnic are African parties really? : Evidence from Francophone Africa.
In: International Political Science Review. Bd. 33 (2012) Heft 1 . - S. 5-24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512110391770

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 7 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2010. - Leiden : Brill, 2011 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 7 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2010_COM_0006

Basedau, Matthias ; Stroh, Alexander:
Do Party Systems Make Democracy Work? : A Comparative Test of Party System Characteristics and Democratization in Francophone Africa.
In: Regression of Democracy? : Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft; Comparative Governance and Politics. - Editors: Gero Erdmann, Marianne Kneuer. - Berlin u.a. : Springer, 2011 . - S. 173-199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-93302-3_7

Basedau, Matthias ; Erdmann, Gero ; Lay, Jann ; Stroh, Alexander:
Ethnicity and Party Preferences in sub-Saharan Africa.
In: Democratization. Bd. 18 (2011) Heft 2 . - S. 462-489.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2011.553366

Stroh, Alexander:
Some Competition, Little Change : The 2005 Elections in Burkina Faso.
In: Abdoulaye Saine ; Boubacar N'Diaye ; Mathurin Houngnikpo (Hrsg.): Elections and Democratization in West Africa, 1990-2009. - Trenton : Africa World Press, 2011 . - S. 273-302 . - XXVI, 452 S.

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 6 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2009. - Leiden : Brill, 2010 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 6 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2009_COM_0006

Stroh, Alexander:
Electoral rules of the authoritarian game : Undemocratic effects of proportional representation in Rwanda.
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies. Bd. 4 (2010) Heft 1 . - S. 1-19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17531050903550066

Stroh, Alexander:
Interne Machtdynamiken in afrikanischen Parteiorganisationen.
In: Uwe Jun; Benjamin Höhne; Elmar Wiesendahl (Hrsg.): Parteien als fragmentierte Organisationen : Erfolgsbedingungen und Veränderungsprozesse. - Opladen : Budrich, 2010 . - S. 153-178 . - 282 S.

Stroh, Alexander:
The Power of Proximity : A Concept of Political Party Strategies Applied to the Case of Burkina Faso.
In: Journal of Contemporary African Studies. Bd. 28 (2010) Heft 1 . - S. 1-29.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02589000903542566

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 5 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2008. - Leiden : Brill, 2009 . - S. 65-71 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 5 )

Stroh, Alexander:
Burkina Faso.
In: Africa Yearbook 4 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2007. - Leiden : Brill, 2008 . - (Africa Yearbook ; 4 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2007_COM_0005