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A Causal Map Framework to Explain Support for Strong Leaders in Politics

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article introduces a computational theory explaining why some people support strong leaders in politics, arguing that this support sometimes arises because people view a strong leader as means to address social problems. The theory proposes that people develop a causal map concerning the consequences of the rise of a strong leader.
Francesco Rigoli
wiley   +1 more source

The Future of Freedom. Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

, 2004
Fareed Zakaria. 2003. The Future of Freedom.
Kysela, Jan
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Democratization in Postcommunist Europe: Illiberal Regimes and the Leverage of International Actors. CES Working Paper, no. 139, 2006 [PDF]

, 2006
The European Union (EU) may be presiding over the most successful democracy promotion program ever implemented by an international actor. Among postcommunist states with a credible EU membership perspective, we can see a significant – though far from ...
Vachudova, Milada Anna.
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Governing Through Criminal Selectivity and Lawfare: Non‐Democratic Politics to Entrench Authoritarian Populist Imagination

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across much of the Global South and increasingly in the Global North, authoritarian populist imagination blurs boundaries between legality and illegality, weaponising law to suppress dissent while tolerating violence by allied actors. This imagination establishes a symbolic boundary mechanism between punitive/eliminative violence for political
Erman Örsan Yetiş
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction. Exit from Democracy Illiberal Governance in Turkey and Beyond.

, 2018
This essay gives a synoptic overview of what we will describe as Turkey’s ‘exit from democ- racy’, a shift to authoritarianism and an Islamist ‘revolution from above’ that comes on the back of a much longer ‘passive revolution’. Secondly, it engages with
Kerem Halil-Latif Oktem, Karabekir Akkoyunlu   +1 more
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Illiberal Democracy and Beyond in Hungary

, 2014
Verfassungsblog: On Matters ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Forming European Political Awareness and Facilitating Civic Engagement? Mainstream Europarties in Social Media

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how mainstream Europarties utilise social media to communicate with the public. According to EU law, Europarties are expected to strengthen the EU's legitimacy, mainly by fostering European political awareness and facilitating civic engagement.
Stefano Greco, Tapio Raunio
wiley   +1 more source

Authoritarian Practices in the Digital Age| Illiberal and Authoritarian Practices in the Digital Sphere — Prologue

International Journal of Communication, 2018
Concern about how digital communication technologies contribute to a decline of democracy and the rise of authoritarian tendencies abounds in academic and public debate.
Marlies Glasius, Marcus Michaelsen
doaj  

Hijacking Democracy: Proposals on the Future of the European Union in Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia (2015–2022)

Politics and Governance
EU integration has opened new controversies in making sense of democracy. This article studies how discourses on democracy in EU integration open spaces to hijack the concept of democracy, using a novel empirical dataset on proposals for reforming EU ...
Max Steuer
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Illiberal Partners? Understanding Orbán's Pivot to Russia

, 2018
In July 2014, Viktor Orbán spoke to a group of ethnic Hungarians in Romania, and during this speech Orbán made his now famous quip about “illiberal democracy.” This thesis is an examination of how Hungary arrived at a cultural moment in which a ...
Clute, Matthew
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