Civil society activism under authoritarian rule : a comparative perspective / edited by Francesco Cavatorta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cavatorta, Francesco.

Series:

Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Case studies.

Civil society.

Political participation--Case studies.

Political participation.

Authoritarianism.

Regime change.

Comparative government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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 structur

Contents:

Introduction. Civil society activism under authoritarian constraints

Everyday citizenship under authoritarianism: the cases of Spain and Portugal / Pedro Ramos Pinto

Dissident writings as political theory on civil society and democracy / Marlies Glasius

Civil society activism and authoritarian rule in Romania and Chile / Caterina Preda

Contesting order in Tunisia: crafting political identity / Laryssa Chomiak and John Entelis

Voice, not democracy. civil society, ethnic politics and the search for political space in Central Asia / Matteo Fumagalli

The influence of civil society activism on regional governance structures in the Russian Federation / Karina Mikirova, Kathrin Mueller and Johannes Schuhmann

Entrenching authoritarianism or promoting reform? civil society in contemporary Yemen / Vincent Durac

Relations between professional associations and the state in Jordan / Janine Clark

Transnational activism under authoritarianism in Myanmar / Adam Simpson

Civil society in the digital age: how the internet changes state-society relations in authoritarian regimes. the case of Cuba / Bert Hoffmann

Reconsidering two myths about civil society. evidence from Afghanistan / Kevin Gray.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-20781-3

1-283-64279-4

0-203-09454-9

1-136-20782-1

9780203094549

OCLC:

815654050