Title Do associations support authoritarian rule? : Tentative answers from Algeria, Mozambique, and Vietnam / Jörg Wischermann, Bettina Bunk, Patrick Köllner, Jasmin Lorch

Published Hamburg, Germany : German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, December 2016

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Description 30 leaves ; 30 cm Series GIGA working papers ; no. 295 GIGA working papers ; no. 295 Summary Whether associations help to democratise authoritarian rule or support those in power is a contested issue that so far lacks a cross-regional perspective. Drawing on relational sociology, this paper explores the impact of state power in Algeria, Mozambique, and Vietnam on associations and vice versa. We focus on decision-making in associations and on three policy areas -- welfare policy concerning HIV/AIDS, economic policy concerning small and mediumsized enterprises, policies concerning gender equality and the rights of women and sexual minorities -- to assess the relations between associations and the state's infrastructural and discursive power. Most associations interviewed by us in the three countries accept or do not openly reject the state's and/or the state ruling party's various forms of interference in internal decision-making processes. Whereas associations in Algeria and Vietnam help to maintain the state's control through welfare provision, associations in Mozambique can weaken this form of infrastructural state power. Moreover, business and professionals' associations in all three countries help maintain the state's control through limited participation, i.e. another form of infrastructural state power. Finally, associations in all three countries support the state's discourse and policies in the area of gender equality and women's rights, though in all three countries at least some NGOs help weaken this form of state power Notes At head of title: GIGA Research Programme: Accountability and Participation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Authoritarianism -- Algeria Authoritarianism -- Mozambique Authoritarianism -- Vietnam Associations, institutions, etc. -- Algeria Associations, institutions, etc. -- Mozambique Associations, institutions, etc. -- Vietnam Civil society -- Algeria Civil society -- Mozambique Civil society -- Vietnam Associations, institutions, etc. Authoritarianism. Civil society. Politics and government. SUBJECT Algeria -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001213 Mozambique -- Politics and government -- 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000009 Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143269 Subject Algeria. Mozambique. Vietnam. Form Electronic book Author Bunk, Bettina, author Köllner, Patrick, 1968- author. Lorch, Jasmin, author. GIGA (Organization)

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