• In this article, we draw on theories of intergroup threat to examine the effect of "right-wing authoritarianism" on immigration attitudes in the UK. (lu.se)
  • We find that right-wing authoritarianism is a much stronger predictor of immigration attitudes than other attributes. (lu.se)
  • In addition, the effect of right-wing authoritarianism varies by immigrant origin, most strongly predicting opposition toward immigrant groups that may be perceived as culturally distant. (lu.se)
  • We also find evidence that these effects are driven by the "aggression" component of right-wing authoritarianism, a facet of authoritarianism that captures a predisposition toward the enforcement of group norms. (lu.se)
  • Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) is a central predictor of distinct phenomena such as prejudice, voting behavior, corruption, conspiratory beliefs and dietary habits. (bvsalud.org)
  • A narrow focus on the party system prevents us from seeing that Modi is engaged in a thoroughgoing suffocation of democracy, to create a fundamentally different kind of political order. (epw.in)
  • Incumbents' "manipulation of state institutions and resources is so excessive and one-sided that it seriously limits political competition, (which) is incompatible with democracy" (Levitsky and Way 2010: 6). (epw.in)
  • At the same time, however, stealth authoritarianism is less insidious than its traditional, more repressive alternative and can, under some circumstances, produce the conditions by which democracy can expand and mature, in a two-steps-forward-one-step-backward dynamic. (ssrn.com)
  • It argues that the erosion of Philippine democracy co-existed with the disempowerment of civil society due to direct assaults of the Duterte administration, massive disinformation campaigns, and the rise of authoritarian nostalgia and illiberal political actors. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of democracy and political plurality. (wikipedia.org)
  • States that have a blurred boundary between democracy and authoritarianism have some times been characterized as "hybrid democracies", "hybrid regimes" or "competitive authoritarian" states. (wikipedia.org)
  • Last May, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was criticized in his nation's parliament for not attending ceremonies marking the 1980 Gwangju uprising, an event considered a major turning point in the Republic of Korea's (R.O.K.) transition from authoritarianism to democracy. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • From the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege, while authoritarianism is on the rise. (greenlightbookstore.com)
  • They state with absolute conviction that their underlying political structure-which they call consultative democracy-is superior. (tuckmagazine.com)
  • The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, in government custody sparked what is commonly referred to as the 'hijab protests' but the uprising is about much more, including such themes as agency, women rights, human rights, democracy, political freedoms, due process and justice. (ciaonet.org)
  • With a potential second Trump term threatening the continued existence of America's flawed democracy, a united front between all forces who oppose Trumpian authoritarianism and white supremacy - leftists and Bernie supporters, moderates and Biden supporters, and even anti-Trump Republicans - is what's critically needed. (nationofchange.org)
  • A new model of capitalist authoritarianism is on the rise, with significant consequences for the global prospects of democracy in the twenty-first century. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • Putting forth a framework for micro-level assessment of the cognitive and interpretive dynamics generating loss of popular support to democratic transition, the research problematizes the relationship between political socialization, the conceptualization of democracy, and the formation of political grievances. (lu.se)
  • Panelists will examine transnational ties between the Middle East, East Africa, Europe and the U.K. We also interrogate the role of faith-based Shi'i non-state providers (NSPs) and sub- and supranational aid-economy actors in the context of postwar reconstruction and urban revitalization, and examine hybrid regimes of rule in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where authoritarianism and electoral democracy are mutually reinforcing. (lu.se)
  • This presentation also analyzes the likely impact of the May 2022 national elections as a critical event of political change to the fate of civil society and trajectory of democratization in the Philippines. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • Drawing on 12 focus group discussions held in six cities in early 2021, the article finds that political learning occurs through observation of unfolding processes via the media/social media in a highly polarized public sphere. (lu.se)
  • Nonetheless, what distinguishes liberal democracies from fascism and authoritarianism is the necessity for compromise and acceptance of accommodation as the sine qua non of politics. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Encouraging insights in the face of global turmoil: case studies from five continents illustrate the central role of organized workers in struggles against authoritarianism, fascism, and dictatorships. (azzellini.net)
  • This doctoral thesis discusses several important and less studied aspects of the political economy of authoritarian regimes and draws on the study of Russia, one of the most prominent contemporary non-democracies. (uni-bremen.de)
  • The thesis makes a theoretical, empirical and methodological contribution to the research field and to the understanding of Russian authoritarian politics and at the same time invites further scholarship on the political economy of non-democracies. (uni-bremen.de)
  • The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism. (greenlightbookstore.com)
  • Will it be the top down authoritarian political structures of China or the bottom up representative democracies of the US, Canada and Europe? (tuckmagazine.com)
  • Cultural critic Henry Giroux explains how a new strain of authoritarianism has seized American politics and culture, injecting and celebrating violence and militarism into our media and economy, creating disposable scapegoats of the marginalized, and ultimately devaluing the cornerstones of democratic thought - reason, solidarity and equality. (truthout.org)
  • Smith proposed that the political economy existed from time immemorial, whereas we know that no man is an island. (libcom.org)
  • His current research focuses on (1) migration, shadow economy, and informal legal orders in hybrid political regimes, (2) corruption, informality, and legal pluralism in Uzbekistan, and (c) informal hierarchies, religious orders, and ethnic identities in Russian penal institutions. (lu.se)
  • In addition, stealth authoritarianism can ultimately make authoritarian governance more durable by concealing anti-democratic practices under the mask of law. (ssrn.com)
  • I used the concept of "consultative authoritarianism" to describe this specific combination of improving governance through consultation with civil society while developing a supervision structure that controlled these organizations. (iiit.org)
  • She is the author of Civil Society Under Authoritarianism: The China Model (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and editor (with William Hurst) of Local Governance Innovation in China: Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance (Routledge Contemporary China Series, 2014). (iiit.org)
  • Panelists will probe into the hybridified forms of governance and development practices that emerge from the intersection of faith-based activism and global political transformations. (lu.se)
  • The rise of this brand of nationalism facilitated what Tom Nairn calls the "political baptism" of the working class. (thebaffler.com)
  • as well as an extended discussion of the rise and fall of the royalist political party FUNCINPEC, which won the 1993 post-UNTAC election but within two decades had been practically wiped out by Hun Sen's CPP. (lu.se)
  • However unfortunate it may be to realize it, COVID has changed the political identity of America. (americanthinker.com)
  • In 2020, the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines awarded him as an Outstanding Young Scientist (Political Science). (uni-hamburg.de)
  • He is the author of Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia (2020), published by the University of California Press. (lu.se)
  • Indeed, more often this settlement is the stage on which political contestation and ideological struggle play themselves out. (opendemocracy.net)
  • The student will learn about issues such as the development of the state system, the reasons for the entrenchment of authoritarianism in the region, the causes of the Arab Spring, ideological struggles between Islamists and secularists, in addition to ethnic and sectarian divisions and conflicts as well as the role of the international community in the region. (lu.se)
  • In Turkey: The Pendulum between Military Rule and Civilian Authoritarianism , Fatih Çağatay Cengiz explains Turkey's trajectory of military and civilian authoritarianism while offering an alternative framework for understanding the Kemalist state and state-society relations. (brill.com)
  • It involves the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting. (wikipedia.org)
  • Authoritarian states might contain nominally democratic institutions such as political parties, legislatures and elections which are managed to entrench authoritarian rule and can feature fraudulent, non-competitive elections. (wikipedia.org)
  • I am the author of three New York Times bestselling books -- "How Would a Patriot Act" (a critique of Bush executive power theories), "Tragic Legacy" (documenting the Bush legacy), and With Liberty and Justice for Some (critiquing America's two-tiered justice system and the collapse of the rule of law for its political and financial elites). (blogspot.com)
  • The Article concludes by discussing the implications of stealth authoritarianism for scholars and policymakers. (ssrn.com)
  • Henry Giroux explains how the harsh, arbitrary nature of life in America is actually a feature of our political setting. (truthout.org)
  • We will be uploading videos and sending reports on the main political events in which the FT-CI organisations in Latin-America and Europe intervening. (ft-ci.org)
  • He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Politics & Policy, published by Wiley-Blackwell and the US-based Policy Studies Organization. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • Cultural critic Henry Giroux explains how a new strain of authoritarianism has seized US politics and culture. (truthout.org)
  • The cultural moment is captured in William Butler Yeats' 1938 poem "Politics," which begins with the epigram, "The destiny of man presents its meaning in political terms. (9marks.org)
  • The middle ground in European politics was vanishing, squeezed out by this authoritarianism on the left and right. (9marks.org)
  • In response to the secular authoritarianism of the left, a growing chorus of Christian voices on the right have adopted their own authoritarian approach to politics. (9marks.org)
  • [3] The liberal Experiment has matured (or, better, devolved) into the LGBTQ+ and so-called woke identity politics of the progressive left, which threatens its own authoritarianism. (9marks.org)
  • Introduction to American Politics (POLS Y103) taught by Desmond L. Kemp, American Studies doctoral candidate, were given opportunity to take a creative approach to solving political centered issues using technology. (iupui.edu)
  • The pressures on the politics of accommodation do not just come from these diverse forms of political violence, but also from the troubled responses to them as well. (opendemocracy.net)
  • This study investigates the diffusion of a new political language based on humour and irony into Turkish politics. (edu.pl)
  • Finally, I conclude that Demirtas embraces the public square humour better and makes use of it to underline the transformation of HDP (People's Democratic Party) from a defendant of ethnic politics to the representative of the new voice of Turkish political opposition. (edu.pl)
  • The many faces of political Islam: religion and politics in the Muslim world. (lu.se)
  • Since then, Vladimir Putin has overreached, and made the fatal mistake of undertaking actions that put Russia permanently at odds with the world's international political, legal and economic order. (trenchantobserver.com)
  • This Article offers a comprehensive cross-regional account of that phenomenon, which I term stealth authoritarianism. (ssrn.com)
  • Authoritarianism as a group phenomenon. (bvsalud.org)
  • Minimal political mobilization, and suppression of anti-regime activities. (wikipedia.org)
  • An increase in women's political mobilization has accompanied the global trend toward democratization, but women's movements have taken diverse paths in different regions of the world. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • In contexts of democratic backsliding, scholars tend to identify authoritarian political leaders based on certain tactics, such as: politicizing independent institutions, spreading disinformation, aggrandizing executive power, quashing dissent, targeting vulnerable communities, stoking violence, and corrupting elections. (wikipedia.org)
  • The political consequences of nationalist interpretations of the past are not, however, restricted to the domestic sphere. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Conversely, in order to trumpet their own democratic credentials, progressives in democratic South Korea have emphasized their roots in uprising and resistance to authoritarianism. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • This book clearly captures the zeitgeist of the moment Turkey has passed/has been passing through: democratisation, authoritarianism, and the coup cycle. (brill.com)
  • The chronic political infringements in the judiciary, the media and the civil society space, are another set of challenges identified in countries such as Poland, Hungary, Turkey, etc. (idea.int)
  • Retrieved April 28, 2017 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/28/political-controversy-has-helped-fuel-twitters-growth-in-turkey/?utm_term=.b817cdc5fb8c. (edu.pl)
  • The political implications of this fact for Republican fortunes are clear. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • The article extends the research agenda on support to authoritarian backsliding by demonstrating how modes of political learning shape popular understandings, and assessing the implications of these understanding in terms of authoritarian legitimation. (lu.se)
  • Drawing on rational-choice theory, the Article explains the expansion of stealth authoritarianism across different case studies. (ssrn.com)
  • Authoritarianism also tends to embrace the informal and unregulated exercise of political power, a leadership that is "self-appointed and even if elected cannot be displaced by citizens' free choice among competitors", the arbitrary deprivation of civil liberties and little tolerance for meaningful opposition. (wikipedia.org)
  • The political right's movement toward authoritarianism is exemplified by its refusal to embrace facts that don't conform to their alternative reality. (reason.com)
  • With the methods of the discourse analysis I identify the political parties that embrace the new language of the political opposition. (edu.pl)
  • Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses confirmed a four-factor structure comprising Authoritarianism, Traditionalism, Submission to Authority and Contestation to Authority dimensions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Six-month longitudinal results indicated that Authoritarianism and Traditionalism are more stable than both Submission and Contestation to Authority. (bvsalud.org)
  • Why do attempts by authoritarian regimes to legalize their political repression differ so dramatically? (whsmith.co.uk)
  • It will develop and deploy a tripartite typology of authoritarianism to investigate the factors that are associated with the survival of authoritarian regimes, and also the circumstances under which such regimes fail. (studiesabroad.com)
  • The political landscape in Zimbabwe has barely changed and the ruling party is back to its default settings - combining law and coercion to try and subdue the opposition. (theelephant.info)
  • In 1992, authoritarianism barely had an effect on partisanship. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • A range of social controls also attempt to stifle civil society while political stability is maintained by control over and support of the armed forces, a bureaucracy staffed by the regime and creation of allegiance through various means of socialization and indoctrination. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anthony W. Pereira is associate professor of political science at Tulane University. (whsmith.co.uk)
  • Aries A. Arugay is Professor of Political Science (on sabbatical leave) from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • He obtained his PhD in Political Science from Georgia State University (United States) in 2014 as a Fulbright Fellow. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • He obtained his MA and BA (cum laude) in Political Science from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. (uni-hamburg.de)
  • Recent reforms have focused on transforming defense science and technology (S&T) institutes into enterprise-like entities, but due to political and economic impediments, progress has been slow. (ciaonet.org)
  • Jessica C. Teets is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at Middlebury College, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Chinese Political Science. (iiit.org)
  • Australian Journal of Political Science 48 (1), pp. 118-128. (edu.pl)
  • Prof.Dr. Erhan Doğan has been a researcher and lecturer at Marmara University Department of Political Science and International Relations since 2003. (lu.se)
  • The growing complexity of the modern world, the rapid transmission and evolution of information, the yearning for the comfort and relative security of a simpler time, and the feeling of being left out or marginalized by contemporary social and political culture have converted formerly-center-right intellectuals into advocates for authoritarianism. (modernreformation.org)
  • This time around, left-wing populist figures dominated the region's political landscapes, combining populist ideas with so-called 21st-century socialism. (ciaonet.org)
  • It uses political parties and mass organizations to mobilize people around the goals of the regime. (wikipedia.org)
  • Why do some dispense with the law altogether, while others scrupulously modify constitutions, pass new laws, and organize political trials? (whsmith.co.uk)
  • What influence has the period of authoritarianism had on the way political groups organize themselves today? (wilsoncenter.org)
  • How do its former leaders feature in current political debates? (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Recognition of the other is built into the fabric of democratic societies even though the clash of interests, intense political debates and febrile media shapes everyday life. (opendemocracy.net)
  • Join our mailing list and we will keep you updated on the FT (Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International) main political analysis, debates and positions. (ft-ci.org)
  • Much of the discourse on the Arab Spring has centred on the underlying causes - socioeconomic, political, social - of the revolution. (lu.se)
  • As we do that, we are tempted to focus narrowly on what political scientists call the "party system"-the array of political parties and their interactions. (epw.in)
  • Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. (wikipedia.org)
  • Governments curtail "political rights and civil liberties, including the freedom of the press, freedom of association, and freedom to criticise the government without reprisal. (epw.in)
  • For my PhD research at the University of Cambridge, I explored the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses and narratives in Cambodia's new political order. (lu.se)
  • The research finds three primary political grievances that are framed as anti-establishment and not as a preference for authoritarianism. (lu.se)
  • Authoritarianism is characterized by highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression and the exclusion of potential or supposed challengers by armed force. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chapter 3 examines individual expectations and intended behavior of the Russian public when faced with the prospect of authoritarian persistence or political change. (uni-bremen.de)
  • This course examines the political and social development of the Middle East from the early 20th century until today, and puts the region in comparative perspective. (lu.se)
  • Indeed, according to Namhee Lee, associate professor of modern Korean history at the University of California, Los Angeles, conservatives in the R.O.K. have chosen to forget the brutal actions of dictators like Park in their eagerness to create a basis for conservative political thought in the present. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Appeals to authoritarian issues are mobilizing non-voters into the Republican camp, making non-voters and Republican voters nearly indistinguishable in their authoritarianism. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Europe and the US by contrast appear incapable of recovering from the self-inflicted banking crisis of 2008-2009, and have sunk into a slough of populist-inspired political pessimism which targets the establishment for every problem from job losses to the latest fight with their partner. (tuckmagazine.com)
  • His life and work demonstrate the complex and fraught relationship between artists and political authority in a totalitarian society. (debalie.nl)
  • Both ideologies made totalitarian claims-political claims on the totality of people's lives, from art to romance to religion. (9marks.org)