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Aid and authoritarianism in Africa : development without democracy /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : aid and humanitarianism in sub-Saharan Africa after 1990 / Tobias Hagmann and Filip Reyntjens -- Discourses of democracy, practices of autocracy : shifting meanings of democracy in the aid-authoritarianism nexus / Rita Abrahemsen -- Aid to Rwanda : unstoppable rock, immovable post / Zoë Marriage -- Authoritarianism and the securitization of development in Uganda / David M. …”

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism Puritanism, Democracy, and Society / by Zafirovski, Milan

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Social protest and contentious authoritarianism in China by Chen, Xi, 1972 Sept. 6-

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Seeing like a state how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed / by Scott, James C.

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Working through the past : labor and authoritarian legacies in comparative perspective /

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The state and industry in South Korea the limits of the authoritarian state / by Rhee, Jong-Chan, 1957-

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Anarchy alive! anti-authoritarian politics from practice to theory / by Gordon, Uri, 1976-

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Enacting the corporation : an American mining firm in post-authoritarian Indonesia / by Welker, Marina, 1973-

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Defusing democracy central bank autonomy and the transition from authoritarian rule / by Boylan, Delia M.

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French urban planning, 1940-1968 the construction and deconstruction of an authoritarian system / by Newsome, W. Brian, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Crisis of housing and urban planning under the Second Empire and the Third Republic -- Authoritarian programs of urban planning under the Vichy regime -- Reconstruction and urban planning under the provisional government and the Fourth Republic -- From reconstruction to new construction : overcoming the postwar housing crisis -- The evolution of theories of democratization : the work of Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe -- From propaganda to participation : the evolution of the marketing strategies of the Ministry of Reconstruction -- The democratization of architectural and urban planning under the Gaullist Republic.…”
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Chinese energy companies in Africa : implications for the foreign policy of an authoritarian state / by Behrndt-Eriksen, Kasandra

Table of Contents: “…Chinese energy companies' acquisitions abroad -- Foreign policy of the authoritarian state -- The Chinese energy sector -- Nigeria : from "Angola model" to "Addax model" -- Angola : independent NOCs impacting foreign policy -- Sudan : a change of foreign policy -- Tunisia : Chinese companies involved for profit -- Mini-cases -- Conclusion.…”
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Work, race, and the emergence of radical right corporatism in imperial Germany by Sweeney, Dennis, 1961-

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Protest dialectics : state repression and South Korea's democracy movement, 1970-1979 / by Chang, Paul Y.

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Greece in the 21st Century : The Politics and Economics of a Crisis /

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Eurozone Authoritarianism and the Neoliberal Project in Greece and Southern Europe /…”
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Neoextractivism and capitalist development / by Canterbury, Dennis C. (Dennis Compton), 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The debate on neoextractivism -- Neoextractivism and capitalist development : an outline -- Development theory and capitalist development -- Extractivism and neoextractivism -- Neoextractivism : myth or reality -- Extractive capitalism, extractive imperialism and imperialism -- Neoextractivism and development of center-periphery relations -- Natural resources extraction and expanded capitalist relations -- The foundations of post-colonial new extractivism -- The post-colonial authoritarian state -- The criminalized authoritarian state -- Political change and foreign intervention.…”
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Counterterror offensives for the ghost war world the rudiments of counterterrorism policy / by Chasdi, Richard J., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to counterterror concepts and methods -- The contours of counterterror practices : approaches and actions, what is known and gaps in knowledge, a functional typology of counterterror events -- Theoretical conceptualizations and methodology -- The case of counterterror in Western style liberal democracies : basic contours of the counterterror practices of four nation-states -- The case of counterterror in authoritarian democracies and an authoritarian regime : basic contours of the counterterror practices of three nation-states -- Analysis of the effects of two structural explanatory factors on counterterror event outcomes -- Conclusions.…”
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The diversity of social theories

Table of Contents: “…Revisiting modernity : between authoritarianism and revolution -- pt. 2. Author-meets-critics : Amy Allen's The politics of our selves -- pt. 3. …”
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China's water warriors citizen action and policy change / by Mertha, Andrew, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…-- Actors, interests, and issues at stake -- From policy conflict to political showdown : the failure at Pubugou -- From economic development to cultural heritage : expanding the sphere at Dujiangyan -- The Nu River project and the middle ground of political pluralization -- A kinder, gentler "fragmented authoritarianism"?.…”
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Understanding terrorism and political violence : the life cycle of birth, growth, transformation, and demise / by Gupta, Dipak K.

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Feudal America Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society / by Shlapentokh, Vladimir

Table of Contents: “…The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America -- Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society -- Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies -- The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis -- Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society -- Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon.…”
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