Dealing With The Legacy Of Authoritarianism

Author : Antonio Costa Pinto,Leonardo Morlino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317986430

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Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism by Antonio Costa Pinto,Leonardo Morlino Pdf

In recent years the agenda of how to ‘deal with the past’ has become a central dimension of the quality of contemporary democracies. Many years after the process of authoritarian breakdown, consolidated democracies revisit the past either symbolically or to punish the elites associated with the previous authoritarian regimes. New factors, like international environment, conditionality, party cleavages, memory cycles and commemorations or politics of apologies, do sometimes bring the past back into the political arena. This book addresses such themes by dealing with two dimensions of authoritarian legacies in Southern European democracies: repressive institutions and human rights abuses. The thrust of this book is that we should view transitional justice as part of a broader ‘politics of the past’: an ongoing process in which elites and society under democratic rule revise the meaning of the past in terms of what they hope to achieve in the present. This book was published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.

Author : Antonio Costa Pinto,Leonardo Morlino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415846935

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Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism by Antonio Costa Pinto,Leonardo Morlino Pdf

In recent years the agenda of how to 'deal with the past' has become a central dimension of the quality of contemporary democracies. Many years after the process of authoritarian breakdown, consolidated democracies revisit the past either symbolically or to punish the elites associated with the previous authoritarian regimes. New factors, like international environment, conditionality, party cleavages, memory cycles and commemorations or politics of apologies, do sometimes bring the past back into the political arena. This book addresses such themes by dealing with two dimensions of authoritarian legacies in Southern European democracies: repressive institutions and human rights abuses. The thrust of this book is that we should view transitional justice as part of a broader 'politics of the past': an ongoing process in which elites and society under democratic rule revise the meaning of the past in terms of what they hope to achieve in the present. This book was published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.

Author : John H. Herz
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015001802217

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From Dictatorship to Democracy by John H. Herz Pdf

Author : Dana El Kurd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190095864

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Polarized and Demobilized by Dana El Kurd Pdf

After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international powers became increasingly involved in Palestinian politics, and many shadows of statehood arose in the territories. Today, however, no state has emerged, and the occupation has become more entrenched. Concurrently, the Palestinian Authority has become increasingly authoritarian, and Palestinians ever more polarized and demobilized. Palestine is not unique in this: international involvement, and its disruptive effects, have been a constant across the contemporary Arab world. This book argues that internationally backed authoritarianism has an effect on society itself, not just on regime-level dynamics. It explains how the Oslo paradigm has demobilized Palestinians in a way that direct Israeli occupation, for many years, failed to do. Using a multi-method approach including interviews, historical analysis, and cutting-edge experimental data, Dana El Kurd reveals how international involvement has insulated Palestinian elites from the public, and strengthened their ability to engage in authoritarian practices. In turn, those practices have had profound effects on society, including crippling levels of polarization and a weakened capacity for collective action.

Author : Gretchen Casper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034884034

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Fragile Democracies by Gretchen Casper Pdf

Examining the Marcos and Aquino administrations in the Philippines, and a number of cases in Latin Amarica, Casper discusses the legacies of authoritarianism and shows how difficult it is for popularly elected leaders to ensure that democracy will flourish. Authoritarian regimes leave an imprint on society long after their leaders have been overthrown because they transform or destroy the social institutions on which a successful democracy depends. Casper concludes that redemocratization is problematic, even in countries with strong democratic traditions.

Author : Yanilda María González
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108830393

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Authoritarian Police in Democracy by Yanilda María González Pdf

Explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in democratic contexts.

Author : Katherine Hite,Paola Cesarini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058087597

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Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe by Katherine Hite,Paola Cesarini Pdf

Among the challenges for democracies in Latin America and Southern Europe are weakened political parties, politicized militaries, compromised judiciaries, corrupt police forces and widespread citizen distrust. These essays offer an examination of the political structures and institutions bequeathed by authoritarian regimes.

Author : Scott Mainwaring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107175525

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Party Systems in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring Pdf

This book generates a wealth of new empirical information about Latin American party systems and contributes richly to major theoretical debates about party systems and democracy.

Author : Michael Albertus,Victor Menaldo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107199828

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Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy by Michael Albertus,Victor Menaldo Pdf

Provides an innovative theory of regime transitions and outcomes, and tests it using extensive evidence between 1800 and today.

Author : Weitseng Chen,Hualing Fu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108496681

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Authoritarian Legality in Asia by Weitseng Chen,Hualing Fu Pdf

Provides an intra-Asia comparative perspective of authoritarian legality, with a focus on formation, development, transition and post-transition stages.

Author : Edward Aspinall,Greg Fealy
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921666476

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Soeharto's New Order and Its Legacy by Edward Aspinall,Greg Fealy Pdf

Indonesia's President Soeharto led one of the most durable and effective authoritarian regimes of the second half of the twentieth century. Yet his rule ended in ignominy, and much of the turbulence and corruption of the subsequent years was blamed on his legacy. More than a decade after Soeharto's resignation, Indonesia is a consolidating democracy and the time has come to reconsider the place of his regime in modern Indonesian history, and its lasting impact. This book begins this task by bringing together a collection of leading experts on Indonesia to examine Soeharto and his legacy from diverse perspectives. In presenting their analyses, these authors pay tribute to Harold Crouch, an Australian political scientist who remains one of the greatest chroniclers of the Soeharto regime and its aftermath.

Author : Larry Diamond,Marc F. Plattner
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421414164

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Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World by Larry Diamond,Marc F. Plattner Pdf

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Author : Ahmet T. Kuru
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108419093

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Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment by Ahmet T. Kuru Pdf

Analyzes Muslim countries' contemporary problems, particularly violence, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment, comparing their historical levels of development with Western Europe.

Author : Julio Carrión
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0271027479

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The Fujimori Legacy by Julio Carrión Pdf

Offers a comprehensive assessment of President Alberto Fujimori's regime in the context of Latin America's struggle to consolidate democracy after years of authoritarian rule. This book also helps illuminate the persistent obstacles that Latin American countries face in establishing democracy.

Author : Javier Corrales
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815738084

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Autocracy Rising by Javier Corrales Pdf

How Nicolás Maduro reinvented authoritarianism for the twenty-first centurVenezuela, which once enjoyed periods of democratically elected governments in the latter half of the twentieth century, has descended into autocratic rule, coupled with economic collapse. In his new book, Autocracy Rising, veteran scholar of Latin American politics Javier Corrales explores how and why this happened. Corrales focuses on two themes: party systems and institutional capacity. He argues that Venezuela’s democratic backsliding advanced when the ruling party obtained far too much electoral clout while the opposition fragmented. The state then took control of formerly independent agencies of the state. This allowed the ruling party to use and abuse of the law to favor the president—which in turn generated a permanent economic crisis. After succeeding Hugo Chávez in 2013, Nicolás Maduro confronted, unexpectedly, another change in the party system: a rising opposition. This triggered deeper autocratization. To survive, the state was compelled to modernize autocratic practices and seek alliances with sinister partners. In short, Maduro concentrated power, paradoxically, by sharing power. Autocracy Rising compares what occurred in Venezuela to twenty other cases throughout Latin America where presidents were forced out of office. Corrales illuminates the depressing cycle in which semi-authoritarian regimes become increasingly autocratic in response to crisis, only to cause new crises that lead to even greater authoritarianism.