Search Results - Authoritarianism

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. …”

Out of and into authoritarian law

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Political relationship and narrative knowledge a critical analysis of school authoritarianism / by Armitage, Peter B., 1939-

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Rule by law the politics of courts in authoritarian regimes /

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The dictator's army : battlefield effectiveness in authoritarian regimes / by Talmadge, Caitlin

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Destroying Democracy : Neoliberal capitalism and the rise of authoritarian politics /

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Destroying Democracy : Neoliberal capitalism and the rise of authoritarian politics /

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

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After the czars and commissars journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Loyalty in the new authoritarian model: journalistic rights and duties in Central Asian Media Law / Olivia Allison -- Ethnic minorities and the media in Central Asia / Olivier Ferrando -- Journalists at risk: the human impact of press constraints / Eric Freedman -- International broadcasting to Uzbekistan: does it still matter? …”
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Unexpected alliances : independent filmmakers, the state, and the film industry in post-authoritarian South Korea / by Park, Young-a, 1968-

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Remembrance, History, and Justice : Coming to terms with traumatic pasts in democratic societies /

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Remembrance, History, and Justice : Coming to terms with traumatic pasts in democratic societies /

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Scandal and Democracy : Media Politics in Indonesia / by McCoy, Mary E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation -- The origins and evolution of media controls -- Delegitimating authoritarianism -- Suharto's fall -- Reformasi and legal reform -- Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections -- Baligate and the politics of scandal -- Scandal and democratic consolidation -- Media and civil society.…”
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Scandal and Democracy : Media Politics in Indonesia / by McCoy, Mary E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation -- The origins and evolution of media controls -- Delegitimating authoritarianism -- Suharto's fall -- Reformasi and legal reform -- Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections -- Baligate and the politics of scandal -- Scandal and democratic consolidation -- Media and civil society.…”
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Political consequences of crony capitalism inside Russia by Sharafutdinova, Gulnaz

Table of Contents: “…Postcommunist crony capitalism : its nature and origins -- Fragmented cronyism : the case of Nizhnii Novgorod -- Centralized cronyism : the case of Tatarstan -- Regional lessons of electoral competition -- Corruption and democracy under Yeltsin and Putin -- Postcommunist cronyism and the choice between authoritarianism and democracy.…”
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Stealing shining rivers agrarian conflict, market logic, and conservation in a Mexican forest / by Doane, Molly, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The Politics of the Environment -- Decentralized Authoritarianism : Political Control in Chimalapas -- Please, No Politics : The Institutional Isolation of Maderas and the New Government Role -- Conclusion: Decentralized Authoritarianism and Accumulation by Conservation in Chimalapas -- Appendix A: List of Participants -- Appendix B: Institutional Funding for Maderas del Pueblo between 1991 and 2000 -- Appendix C: Government Agencies in Chimalapas, 1995-2000 -- Appendix D: WWF Funding Lines, 1997-2000 -- Appendix E: Institutional Presence in Chimalapas, 2003-2008.…”
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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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Social movements, mobilization, and contestation in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the Middle East and North Africa beyond classical social movement theory / Joel Beinin and Frédéric Vairel -- Protesting in authoritarian situations : Egypt and Morocco in comparative perspective / Frédéric Vairel -- Egyptian leftist intellectuals' activism from the margins : overcoming the mobilization/demobilization dichotomy / Marie Duboc -- Leaving Islamic activism behind : ambiguous disengagement in Saudi Arabia / Pascal Menoret -- Hizbullah's women : internal transformation in a social movement and militia / Anne Marie Baylouny -- Three decades of human rights activism in the Middle East and North Africa : an ambiguous balance sheet / Joe Stork -- Unemployed Moroccan university graduates and strategies for 'apolitical' mobilization / Montserrat Emperador Badimon -- Presence in silence : feminist and democratic implications of the Saturday vigils in Turkey / Zeynep Gülru Göker -- Mobilizations for Western Thrace and Cyprus in contemporary Turkey : From the far right to the lexicon of human rights / Jeanne Hersant -- Becoming revolutionary in Tunisia, 2007-2011 / Amin Allal -- A workers' social movement on the margin of the global neoliberal order, Egypt 2004-2012 / Joel Beinin and Marie Duboc -- Dynamics of the Yemeni revolution : contextualizing mobilizations / Laurent Bonnefoy and Marine Poirier -- "Oh Buthaina, oh Shaban--the Hawrani is not hungry, we want freedom!" …”
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The Aesthetics of Global Protest : Visual Culture and Communication /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the aesthetics of global protest : visual culture and communication / Aidan McGarry, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Olu Jenzen, and Umut Korkut -- Queer visual activism in South Africa / Tessa Lewin -- The use of visibility in contentious events in Northern Ireland / Katy Hayward and Milena Komarova -- Maybe, we will benefit from our neighbour's good fortune : an exhibition on collectivity, community, and dialogue in Turkey / Işıl Eğrikavuk -- Political street art in social mobilization : a tale of two protests in Argentina / Holly Eva Ryan -- Archiving dissent : (im)material trajectories of political street art in Istanbul and Athens / Julia Tulke -- The introvert's protest : handwriting the constitution and the performance of politics / Interview with Morgan O'Hara by Aidan McGarry -- Photography and protest in Israel/Palestine : The Activestills Online Archive / Simon Faulkner -- Drones, cinema, and protest in Thailand / Noah Viernes -- Bearing witness to authoritarianism and commoning through video activism and political film-making after the Gezi protests / Özge Özdüzen -- Music videos as protest communication: the Gezi Park protest on YouTube / Olu Jenzen, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Derya Güçdemir, Umut Korkut, and Aidan McGarry -- The activist chroniclers of Occupy Gezi : counterposing visibility to injustice / Dan Mercea and Helton Levy -- When Twitter got #woke : Black Lives Matter, DeRay McKesson, Twitter, and the appropriation of the aesthetics of protest / Farida Vis, Simon Faulkner, Safiya Umoja Noble, and Hannah Guy -- Conclusion : reflections on protest and political transformation since 1789 / Jim Aulich.…”
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The Aesthetics of Global Protest : Visual Culture and Communication /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the aesthetics of global protest : visual culture and communication / Aidan McGarry, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Olu Jenzen, and Umut Korkut -- Queer visual activism in South Africa / Tessa Lewin -- The use of visibility in contentious events in Northern Ireland / Katy Hayward and Milena Komarova -- Maybe, we will benefit from our neighbour's good fortune : an exhibition on collectivity, community, and dialogue in Turkey / Işıl Eğrikavuk -- Political street art in social mobilization : a tale of two protests in Argentina / Holly Eva Ryan -- Archiving dissent : (im)material trajectories of political street art in Istanbul and Athens / Julia Tulke -- The introvert's protest : handwriting the constitution and the performance of politics / Interview with Morgan O'Hara by Aidan McGarry -- Photography and protest in Israel/Palestine : The Activestills Online Archive / Simon Faulkner -- Drones, cinema, and protest in Thailand / Noah Viernes -- Bearing witness to authoritarianism and commoning through video activism and political film-making after the Gezi protests / Özge Özdüzen -- Music videos as protest communication: the Gezi Park protest on YouTube / Olu Jenzen, Itir Erhart, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Derya Güçdemir, Umut Korkut, and Aidan McGarry -- The activist chroniclers of Occupy Gezi : counterposing visibility to injustice / Dan Mercea and Helton Levy -- When Twitter got #woke : Black Lives Matter, DeRay McKesson, Twitter, and the appropriation of the aesthetics of protest / Farida Vis, Simon Faulkner, Safiya Umoja Noble, and Hannah Guy -- Conclusion : reflections on protest and political transformation since 1789 / Jim Aulich.…”
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