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State of the Field: Scientific Internationalism during the Cold War

History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a state‐of‐the‐field assessment of the historiography of scientific internationalism during the Cold War, focusing on three connected problems: the reconceptualization of science diplomacy, the emergence of ‘techno‐dissent’ and the ethical turn in the history of science and technology.
Doubravka Olšáková
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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THE URBANISM OF EXCEPTION: Scalar Rivalry and Political Loyalty in the Making of the Panorama Tbilisi Megaproject

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In flawed democracies, such as the Republic of Georgia, legal exceptions for urban megaprojects are becoming a standard mode of governance. While frequently analyzed as singular, top‐down sovereign acts, I argue that the imposition of such exceptions is a complex and dispersed process.
David Gogishvili
wiley   +1 more source

Romanian Democracy, Theory and Method

Sfera Politicii, 2013
This is a comment on the type of democracy in Romania, as illiberal democracy. Given the Romanian democratization process, we can hope that, in the future, all populisms and politicization will cease, and a true liberal and constitutional democracy will ...
Romulus Brâncoveanu
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Political transformations in the CEE post-communist countries: theoretical and metodological approaches

Історико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу, 2017
Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of political transformations in the CEE post-communist countries have been analyzed. The author argues that democratic transits do not guarantee transition to democracy and its consolidation.
Vira Burdjak
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Confiscating the Past: Memory Politics under Illiberal Democracy in Budapest’s Kossuth Square

In 2011, under Viktor Orbán’s leadership, the Hungarian Parliament approved a resolution mandating the restoration of Budapest’s Kossuth Square to its pre-1944 artistic image.
Ares, Graziela
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The convergence of governance: upgrading authoritarianism in the Arab world and downgrading democracy elsewhere? [PDF]

, 2010
The article presents a study concerning political change in Arab countries. It mentions that inquiring the validity of the democratization paradigm in the Arab countries implies a significant case, since their countries have not experienced transition to
Cavatorta, Francesco, Cavatorta, F., Francesco Cavatorta   +2 more
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TWO CONCEPTS OF POLARIZATION: Urban–National Tension and its Effects on the Liberal Trajectory of Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how urban–national polarization shapes how progressive cities exercise local autonomy. It introduces a new framework for assessing polarization within specific policy domains, distinguishing between ideological and pragmatic polarization.
Harel Nachmany, Tal Alster, Nufar Avni
wiley   +1 more source

Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
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Political constitutionalism in the Nordic countries: How anti-constitutionalism captured the North and why it may not last

Global Constitutionalism
The Nordic countries have often been portrayed as pioneers of human rights and international law. However, few are aware that court-protected human rights played an almost negligible role in post-Second World War Scandinavia.
Marlene Wind
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