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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science |
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Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Civil society activism under authoritarian constraints; 2 'Everyday citizenship' under authoritarianism: the cases of Spain and Portugal; 3 Dissident writings as political theory on civil society and democracy; 4 Civil society activism and authoritarian rule in Romania and Chile: evidence for the role played by art(ists); 5 Contesting order in Tunisia: crafting political identity; 6 Voice, not democracy: civil society, ethnic politics, and the search for political space in Central Asia |
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7 The influence of civil society activism on regional governance structures in the Russian Federation: cross-regional and policy comparisons8 Entrenching authoritarianism or promoting reform? Civil society in contemporary Yemen; 9 Relations between professional associations and the state in Jordan; 10 An 'activist diaspora' as a response to authoritarianism in Myanmar: the role of transnational activism in promoting political reform; 11 Civil society in the digital age: how the Internet changes state-society relations in authoritarian regimes: the case of Cuba |
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12 Reconsidering two myths about civil society: evidence from Afghanistan13 Conclusion; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change. This book moves beyond traditional notions of civil society and explains the complexity of state-society relations in authoritarian contexts outside the framework of democratization. Rejecting a wholly normative approach, the contributors focus on the whole range of civic activism under authoritarianism, from resistance to support for the political system in place. They explain how activism under authoritarianism is subject to different structures, and demonstra |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Civil society -- Case studies
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Political participation -- Case studies
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Authoritarianism.
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Regime change.
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Comparative government.
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Authoritarianism
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Civil society
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Comparative government
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Political participation
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Regime change
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136207822 |
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1136207821 |
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9780203094549 |
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0203094549 |
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