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Authoritarianism Goes Global

Author : Larry Diamond
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142141998X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Authoritarianism Goes Global written by Larry Diamond and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With democracy in decline, authoritarian governments are staging a comeback around the world. Over the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained influence within the global arena. Leading authoritarian countries—including China, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela—have developed new tools and strategies to contain the spread of democracy and challenge the liberal international political order. Meanwhile, the advanced democracies have retreated, failing to respond to the threat posed by the authoritarians. As undemocratic regimes become more assertive, they are working together to repress civil society while tightening their grip on cyberspace and expanding their reach in international media. These political changes have fostered the emergence of new counternorms—such as the authoritarian subversion of credible election monitoring—that threaten to further erode the global standing of liberal democracy. In Authoritarianism Goes Global, a distinguished group of contributors present fresh insights on the complicated issues surrounding the authoritarian resurgence and the implications of these systemic shifts for the international order. This collection of essays is critical for advancing our understanding of the emerging challenges to democratic development. Contributors: Anne Applebaum, Anne-Marie Brady, Alexander Cooley, Javier Corrales, Ron Deibert, Larry Diamond, Patrick Merloe, Abbas Milani, Andrew Nathan, Marc F. Plattner, Peter Pomerantsev, Douglas Rutzen, Lilia Shevtsova, Alex Vatanka, Christopher Walker, and Frederic Wehrey

Civil Society Activism Under Authoritarian Rule

Author : Associate Professor of Political Science Francesco Cavatorta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138825949
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (259 download)

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Book Synopsis Civil Society Activism Under Authoritarian Rule by : Associate Professor of Political Science Francesco Cavatorta

Download or read book Civil Society Activism Under Authoritarian Rule written by Associate Professor of Political Science Francesco Cavatorta and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines theoretical and comparative perspectives on civil society activism under authoritarian constraints to offer a better understanding of its relationship with regime change. Rejecting a normative approach, the authors focus on the whole range of civic activism under authoritarianism.

Building Civil Society in Authoritarian China

Author : John W. Tai
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319036653
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Building Civil Society in Authoritarian China written by John W. Tai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is modern civil society created? There are few contemporary studies on this important question and when it is addressed, scholars tend to emphasize the institutional environment that facilitates a modern civil society. However, there is a need for a new perspective on this issue. Contemporary China, where a modern civil society remains in a nascent stage, offers a valuable site to seek new answers. Through a comparative analysis of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in today’s China, this study shows the importance of the human factor, notably the NGO leadership, in the establishment of a modern civil society. In particular, in recognition of the social nature of NGOs, this study engages in a comparative examination of Chinese NGO leaders’ state linkage, media connections and international ties in order to better understand how each factor contributes to effective NGOs.

Sustaining Civil Society

Author : Philip Oxhorn
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271048948
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Sustaining Civil Society written by Philip Oxhorn and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Devoting particular emphasis to Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico, proposes a theory of civil society to explain the economic and political challenges for continuing democratization in Latin America"--Provided by publisher.

Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey

Author : İmren Borsuk
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811642133
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey by : İmren Borsuk

Download or read book Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey written by İmren Borsuk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new clarity on three important political concepts: authoritarianism, neoliberalism, and resistance. While debates on authoritarian resurgence have been limited to the examination of political factors (e.g., polarisation, conflict) until recently, the rising literature on ‘authoritarian neoliberalism’ highlights how the neoliberal restructuring of political economy bolsters the authoritarian tendencies of elected governments both in the Global South and the Global North. This book will be an invaluable resource not only to scholars of Turkey and the Middle East but also to researchers into authoritarianism and neoliberalism around the world. Chapters 2 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Civil Society in Syria and Iran

Author : Paul Aarts
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781588268570
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society in Syria and Iran written by Paul Aarts and published by Lynne Rienner Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the dynamics of civic activism in authoritarian regimes? How do new social actors¿many of them informal, ¿below the radar¿ groups¿interact with these regimes? What mechanisms do the power elite employ to deal with societal dissidence? The authors of Civil Society in Syria and Iran explore the nature of state¿society relations in two countries that are experiencing popular demands for political pluralism amid the constraints of authoritarian retrenchment.

Is Authoritarianism Staging a Comeback?

Author : Mathew Burrows
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986382208
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Is Authoritarianism Staging a Comeback? written by Mathew Burrows and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is in the throes of a nearly decade-long global democratic recession. Democratic breakdowns in strategically important countries like Russia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Egypt, and Venezuela are cause for serious concern, as are reversals in Turkey and Hungary. Vladimir Putin's revanchist policies in the heart of Europe highlight how domestic democratic setbacks can have serious negative regional reverberations. Is Authoritarianism Staging A Comeback? offers answers to why authoritarianism is gaining on democracy. A score of prominent democracy scholars and activists at leading universities, think tanks, and civil resistance NGOs have written essays for the book on these key questions. Is Authoritarianism Staging A Comeback? also provides advice on what kind of civil resistance efforts will work and why against authoritarianism. With clear evidence of authoritarians learning from one another, there is urgent need to rework old tools and develop new ones to help support local nonviolent civil organizations that are increasingly under pressure. The editors-Mathew Burrows and Maria J. Stephan-are leading an initiative at the Atlantic Council-rated one of the top think tanks globally-on how external actors can reverse authoritarianism's recent gains by boosting democracy's prospects. Is Authoritarianism Staging A Comeback? is one of the first fruits of that effort.

Human Rights in China

Author : Eva Pils
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509500731
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights in China written by Eva Pils and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system? Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, examining human rights as a set of social practices. Drawing on a wide range of resources including years of interaction with Chinese human rights defenders, Pils discusses what gives rise to systematic human rights violations, what institutional avenues of protection are available, and how social practices of human rights defence have evolved. Three central areas are addressed: liberty and integrity of the person; freedom of thought and expression; and inequality and socio-economic rights. Pils argues that the Party-State system is inherently opposed to human rights principles in all these areas, and that – contributing to a global trend – it is becoming more repressive. Yet, despite authoritarianism's lengthening shadows, China’s human rights movement has so far proved resourceful and resilient. The trajectories discussed here will continue to shape the struggle for human rights in China and beyond its borders.

Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru

Author : J. Burt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137064862
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru written by J. Burt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal counterinsurgency methods on Peruvian civil society.

Polarized and Demobilized

Author : Dana El Kurd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190095865
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Polarized and Demobilized written by Dana El Kurd and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frank assessment of how burgeoning authoritarianism among elites has divided Palestinians and divested them of political power.

Competitive Authoritarianism

Author : Steven Levitsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139491482
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Competitive Authoritarianism written by Steven Levitsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.

Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism

Author : Benjamin Schuetze
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108493386
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism written by Benjamin Schuetze and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed examination of the role of US and European 'democracy promoters' in Jordan based on a diverse range of original source material.

Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Arab World

Author : Nicola Christine Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Arab World written by Nicola Christine Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing a departure from studies of Middle East politics and democratisation, this book employs theories and concepts to the study of democracy and authoritarianism in the Arab world. It examines the role of non-state actors, civil society, in the maintenance of or resistance to the discourse that underpins authoritarian politics.

Civil Society

Author : Michael Edwards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745659055
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society written by Michael Edwards and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world. In this thoroughly-revised edition, Michael Edwards updates the arguments and evidence presented in the original and adds major new material on issues such as civil society in Africa and the Middle East, global civil society, information technology and new forms of citizen organizing. He explains how in the future the pressures of state encroachment, resurgent individualism, and old and familiar forces of nationalism and fundamentalism in new clothes will test and re-shape the practice of citizen action in both positive and negative ways. Civil Society will help readers of all persuasions to navigate these choppy waters with greater understanding, insight and success. Colleges and universities, foundations and NGOs, public policy-makers, journalists and commissions of inquiry – all have used Edwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital role that civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-building community, and addressing poverty, inequality and injustice. This new edition will be required reading for anyone who is interested in creating a better world through citizen action.

An Introduction to Japanese Society

Author : Yoshio Sugimoto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 113948947X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Japanese Society written by Yoshio Sugimoto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for students of Japanese society, An Introduction to Japanese Society now enters its third edition. Here, internationally renowned scholar, Yoshio Sugimoto, writes a sophisticated, yet highly readable and lucid text, using both English and Japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative. The book challenges the traditional notion that Japan comprises a uniform culture, and draws attention to its subcultural diversity and class competition. Covering all aspects of Japanese society, it includes chapters on class, geographical and generational variation, work, education, gender, minorities, popular culture and the establishment. This new edition features sections on: Japan's cultural capitalism; the decline of the conventional Japanese management model; the rise of the 'socially divided society' thesis; changes of government; the spread of manga, animation and Japan's popular culture overseas; and the expansion of civil society in Japan.

Barriers to Democracy

Author : Amaney A. Jamal
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400830508
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Barriers to Democracy written by Amaney A. Jamal and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy-building efforts from the early 1990s on have funneled billions of dollars into nongovernmental organizations across the developing world, with the U.S. administration of George W. Bush leading the charge since 2001. But are many such "civil society" initiatives fatally flawed? Focusing on the Palestinian West Bank and the Arab world, Barriers to Democracy mounts a powerful challenge to the core tenet of civil society initiatives: namely, that public participation in private associations necessarily yields the sort of civic engagement that, in turn, sustains effective democratic institutions. Such assertions tend to rely on evidence from states that are democratic to begin with. Here, Amaney Jamal investigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic. Jamal argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship--such as support for the regime in power. Thus, any assessment of the influence of associational life on civic life must take into account political contexts, including the relationships among associations, their leaders, and political institutions. Barriers to Democracy both builds on and critiques the multifaceted literature that has emerged since the mid-1990s on associational life and civil society. By critically examining associational life in the West Bank during the height of the Oslo Peace Process (1993-99), and extending her findings to Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan, Jamal provides vital new insights into a timely issue.

Accepting Authoritarianism

Author : Teresa Wright
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804774250
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Accepting Authoritarianism written by Teresa Wright and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why hasn't the emergence of capitalism led China's citizenry to press for liberal democratic change? This book argues that China's combination of state-led development, late industrialization, and socialist legacies have affected popular perceptions of socioeconomic mobility, economic dependence on the state, and political options, giving citizens incentives to perpetuate the political status quo and disincentives to embrace liberal democratic change. Wright addresses the ways in which China's political and economic development shares broader features of state-led late industrialization and post-socialist transformation with countries as diverse as Mexico, India, Tunisia, Indonesia, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, and Vietnam. With its detailed analysis of China's major socioeconomic groups (private entrepreneurs, state sector workers, private sector workers, professionals and students, and farmers), Accepting Authoritarianism is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and coherent text on the evolution of state-society relations in reform-era China.