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Timor-Leste: The Adventurous Tribulations of Local Governance after Independence

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Xanana Gusmão recently mentioned that a “Second Maubere Miracle” is underway, implying that a major political reform will soon shake the roots of Timor-Leste’s public administration.
Rui Graça Feijó
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Measuring Variance in Subnational Regimes: Results from an Expert-Based Operationalization of Democracy in the Argentine Provinces Midiendo la variación de los regímenes subnacionales: Resultados de una operacionalización basada en expertos de la democracia en las provincias argentinas

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
This paper presents an expert-based operationalization strategy to measure the degree of democracy in the Argentine provinces. Starting with a mainstream and “thick” definition of regime type, I assess each of its aspects using a subjective or perception-
Carlos Gervasoni
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Democracy as a Limiting Factor for Politicised Cultural Populism in Malawi Demokratie und politisierter Kulturpopulismus in Malawi

Africa Spectrum, 2009
Though Malawian democracy could still be described as in transition from authoritarianism, it has enabled an atmosphere for critical debate of and dissent against seemingly popular opinions, which was not possible during the authoritarian rule of former ...
Reuben Makayiko Chirambo
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Perspectives on African Studies and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Perspektiven der Afrikaforschung und der Entwicklung im subsaharischen Afrika

Africa Spectrum, 2010
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Saharan Africa at Leiden University and Director of the African Studies Centre (ASC), Leiden, the author starts with the vuvuzela issue as an illustration of the
Leo J. de Haan
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Beyond Polarity: Negotiating a Hybrid State in Somaliland Jenseits der Polarität: Das Aushandeln eines hybriden Staates in Somaliland

Africa Spectrum, 2010
Many African states struggle to reconcile traditional social institutions with the precepts of nation-state democracy within colonially defined borders. Since the 1991 fall of the dictatorial Somali regime of Siyaad Barre, Somaliland has gradually pieced
Michael Walls, Steve Kibble
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Attitudes, Ideological Associations and the Left–Right Divide in Latin America Actitudes, Asociaciones Ideológicas y la Dimensión de Izquierda-Derecha en América Latina

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2012
Do Latin American citizens share a common conception of the ideological left–right distinction? And if so, is this conception linked to individuals’ ideological self-placement?
Nina Wiesehomeier, David Doyle
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Oligarchy in Thailand?

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
A modern conception of oligarchy, which can be housed under an authoritarian regime as easily as it can under a liberal democratic one, can affect our understanding of the potential national political repercussions of extreme inequalities of wealth. This
T. F. Rhoden
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“Today There Are No Indigenous People” in Chile?: Connecting the Mapuche Struggle to Anti-Neoliberal Mobilizations in South America ¿“Hoy en día no hay pueblos indígenas” en Chile?: Conectando la lucha Mapuche con las movilizaciones anti-neoliberales en Sudamérica

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2012
The books under review all deal with the same fundamental phenomenon: mobilization against neoliberal policies by South American indigenous groups.
Kevin Funk
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Still in the “Drivers’ Seat”, But for How Long? ASEAN’s Capacity for Leadership in East-Asian International Relations

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
This paper assesses the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to moderate great-power relations in East Asia, especially in light of recent regional developments that have challenged ASEAN’s traditional modus operandi and its ...
Lee Jones
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I Want It All, and I Want It Now: The Political Manipulation of Argentina’s Provincial High Courts I Want It All, and I Want It Now: La manipulación política de las Cortes Supremas provinciales en Argentina

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2012
Provincial supreme courts are important players in local politics because justices can affect the interest of the ruling governors; however, no research has addressed the factors that affect judicial turnover in provincial high courts in new democracies.
Andrea Castagnola
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