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Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
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Emancipatory rural politics: confronting authoritarian populism
A new political moment is underway. Although there are significant differences in howthis is constituted in different places, one manifestation of the new moment is the rise ofdistinct forms of authoritarian populism. In this opening paper of theJPSForum serieson‘Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World’, we explore the relationship betweenthese new ...
Borras, Jun +6 more
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The Regional Development of Democratization and Civil Society: Transition, Consolidation, Hybridization, Globalization - Taiwan and Hungary [PDF]
Different starting points, similar processes and different outcomes can be identified when comparing East Central Europe and East and South Asia. The two regions face similar global challenges, follow regional patterns of democratization and face crises.
Szabó, Máté
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes +2 more
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Threat and right-wing attitudes: a cross-national approach [PDF]
Threat relates to right-wing ideological attitudes at the individual level. The present study aims to extend this relationship to the national level. More specifically, in a sample of 91 nations, we collected country-level indicators of threat (including
Cornelis, Ilse +2 more
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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Reflections on the Independent Mass Media of Post-Soviet Countries and Political Competitiveness
The aim of this paper is to analyse political activity in the mass media discourses of states with more democratic and more authoritative regimes respectively, so as to show a clear difference in the context of a formal analysis of mass media content ...
Steblyna Nataliia, Dvorak Jaroslav
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Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice: Lower threat and greater trust as mediators [PDF]
Using a representative sample of Dutch adults (N = 1238), we investigated the moderating influence of direct contact and authoritarianism on the potential of extended contact to reduce prejudice. As expected, direct contact and authoritarianism moderated
Aiken L. S. +7 more
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Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall +3 more
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Civil society, Islamism and democratisation: the case of Morocco [PDF]
The positive role that an active civil society plays in processes of democratisation is often highlighted in the literature. However, when it comes to the Middle East and North Africa, such activism is considered to be detrimental to democratisation ...
Cavatorta, Francesco
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