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Conceptual Space for Illiberal Democracy
Politics and GovernanceFor over a decade, populists have been experimenting with a new political regime–illiberal democracy. Vocal proponents, such as Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán, develop “democratic illiberalism” as an ideational model for the illiberal‐democratic regime they ...
Ruzha Smilova
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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
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Coloniality and contestations over academic freedom in Africa
Global ConstitutionalismLike other regions of the world, academic freedom is on the decline in Africa. While there are some generic factors accounting for this phenomenon worldwide, others are fundamentally unique to the African context.
Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
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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
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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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, 2020 This chapter analyzes the role of anti-Islam and anti-Muslim discourse in North American and European ‘illiberal’ parties, movements, and ideologies. Its first aim is to situate those deployments in a longer history. Occidental engagements with Islam and
Huq, Aziz Z.
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Central and Eastern European Migration ReviewThis article analyses the changes that have occurred in the nature of Hungary’s transnational engagement with both its cross-border and wider global diaspora in the years since 2010. State actors and policymakers in Hungary have shifted towards embracing
Myra Waterbury
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the relationship between academic career ranks and restrictions on academic freedom. Drawing on a representative survey of 9083 full‐time academics at German higher education institutions, we examine how academics across different career ranks assess their freedom in teaching and research.
Julian Hamann +3 more
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Global Media Journal: German EditionBased on evidence from four country contexts, the paper aims to show how a remedy to media capture—foreign support and philanthropy—has triggered increased governmental pressure and led to new forms of media capture.
Konrad Bleyer-Simon
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Parenting as Civic Action: A Relational Framework for Citizenship
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article conceptualizes parenting as a form of civic action. Identifying a relational turn in theories of citizenship, we propose an analytical framework for examining civic meanings in everyday parental acts. Foregrounding the intersubjective and intergenerational nature of state–citizen relations, the framework expands existing theories ...
Lauren Erdreich +3 more
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