Portrait: Anne Mette Kjær
Research Interests
International relations and governance. African governance and politics with a specific interest in public reforms.
Anne Mette Kjær
Assoc. Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Education
PhD and MA in Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Selected Assignments
Research Project Coordinator, Governance and state capacity in Uganda
Research Project Team member, Elites and the New Poverty Agenda
Consultancy Team member, appraising DANIDA governance programming in Uganda
Selected Publications
Kjær, Anne Mette with Yasin Olum (2008) "From confrontation to acquiescence? The role of civil society and the media in the 2006 elections in Uganda" in Rakner, Kiiza et al (eds) Electoral Democracy in Uganda: Understanding the Institutional Processes adn Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections, Fountain Publishers, Kampala
Kjær, Anne Mette (2008) "Governance theory and the urban bureaucracy" in Davies, Jonathan an dDavid Imbroscio (eds) Theories of Urban Politics, London: Sage
Boesen, Nils, and Anne mette Kjær (2006) "Power and Politics in Weak States: An Emerging Paradigm Shift for Donors?" Forum for Development Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp 325-340
Kjær, Anne Mette (2008) " State Capture". Entry in Encyclopaedia of governance. London: Sage