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Field and Factory: Chinese Revolutionary Posters

open access: yes, 2013
The images on display for Field and Factory, political propaganda used by the Communist Party of China during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, construct a fictitious world. In perceiving these kinds of illustrations, the audience is asked either to visualize the
Reynolds, Molly E.
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Irregular no. 33; June 1970 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1970
In this issue: 1. Fitzroy Feels Its Way Forward - An investigation by "Irregular" on a report that the North Fitzroy residents are fighting to save 170 homes and planning their own redevelopment with the help of architects. 2.

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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
wiley   +1 more source

Brook no compromise: How to negotiate a united front

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Negotiating factional conflict is crucial to successful coordination: Political parties, rebel alliances, and authoritarian elites must all overcome internal disagreements to survive and achieve collective aims. Actors in these situations sometimes employ hardball tactics to block outcomes they dislike, but at the risk of causing coordination ...
Elaine Yao
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Role of the Communist Party After the February 8, 1963 Coup

open access: yesمجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية
Aims: The aim of the study is to investigate the political role played by the Communist Party in Iraq after the February 8, 1963 coup. The study also aimed to shed light on how the party influenced the political situation in Iraq during the post-coup ...
Talib Ahmed Dahal, Jamal F. Hamad
doaj   +1 more source

Party system institutionalization and the quality of democracy in eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Almost two decades have passed since the Third Wave of democratization brought an avalanche of new, relatively unstable democracies into being in Eastern Europe.
Casal B\ue9rtoa, Fernando
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Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the Spatial Correlation Network and Driving Mechanism of Agricultural Green Development in China

open access: yesAgriculture
Agricultural green development is an essential pathway to achieving comprehensive agricultural and rural modernization and holds significant importance for ensuring national food, resource, and ecological security.
Yu He   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

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