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An analysis of Haji Agha novel [PDF]

Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2006
Haji Agha written by Sadegh Hedayet is a novel in Two levels with specific elements which reveals in a particular way the change of Reza Shah's autocracy to a hidden autocracy following his exile.
bagher sadri nia, ebrahim ranjbar
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Roots of Autocracy [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Exploiting a novel geo-referenced data set of population diversity across ethnic groups, this research advances the hypothesis and empirically establishes that variation in population diversity across human societies, as determined in the course of the exodus of humans from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, contributed to the differential ...
Oded Galor, Marc Klemp
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“The totality of all the forces of Russian life ...” (Ivan Goncharov about strong Russia) [PDF]

Два века русской классики, 2020
In the article, the topic “Ivan Goncharov and Russia” is first developed in terms of the historiosophical ideas of the novelist, as well as within the framework of Sergey Uvarov’s formula: “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality”.
Vladimir I. Melnik
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En el nombre del pueblo: consolidación autocrática subnacional en Cuba

Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2022
The text analyzes the democraticity of decision-making processes on local level public affairs in Cuba, emphasizing the examination of citizens’ capacities to influence the conditions that sustain decision-making and public debates. The study reveals the
Hans Carrillo Guach
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Logic of Confrontation between “Democracies” and “Autocracies” viewed by European and American Elites [PDF]

Современная Европа, 2022
The article analyses the problem of the conflict between the core and the periphery in the politico-ideological sphere of European countries and the US. The place of China in the neoliberal system and the roles of China and Russia in the strategic vision
D.V. Leushkin, N.G. Samoilov
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The Choice between Democracy and Authoritarian Government in the Minds of Citizens of Post-Communist Countries: Factors and Dynamics

Социологический журнал, 2022
This paper is dedicated to studying the value of democracy and authoritarian government in the political consciousness of citizens of post-communist countries three decades after the democratic transition.
Artyom O. Zemtsov
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Complicity in democratic engagement with autocratic systems

Ethics & Global Politics, 2021
Autocratic control of civil society, including academia, can be extended to democratic societies and institutions in ways that pose threats to liberal-democratic values, such as academic freedom, for example through mechanisms and practices that lead to ...
Eva Pils
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The Crossing of Borders

Problemos, 2022
There are various accounts for the war in Ukraine; this essay is not contesting such accounts but, taking the classical understanding of the war between Sparta and Athens, elucidated by Thucydides, there seems to be a “hidden reason”.
Algis Mickūnas
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Women Opposition Leaders: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Agendas

Politics and Governance, 2023
This thematic issue provides the first comprehensive overview of women opposition leaders and their performance. Setting the stage for a new research agenda, this editorial piece integrates theoretical and empirical insights at the intersection of three ...
Sarah C. Dingler, Ludger Helms, Henriette Müller   +2 more
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In search of liberal Tsarism: the historiography of autocratic decline [PDF]

, 2002
The idea that the autocracy might have successfully modernized itself has, in recent years, spread widely beyond academic circles. However, a look at traditional and recent historiography shows that very few historians support this line.
Read, Christopher
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