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Hooray for global justice? : emerging democracies in a multipolar world

Culp, Julian; Plagemann, Johannes - 2013

synthesizing empirical and normative modes of inquiry. It examines the transformation of sovereignty exercised by emerging … democracies and shows that - in stark contrast to emerging democracies' foreign policy rhetoric - the "softening" of sovereignty … has become the norm. The present paper assesses this softening of sovereignty on the basis of a "democratic …

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State-building, war and violence : evidence from Latin America

Kurtenbach, Sabine - 2011

In European history, war has played a major role in state-building and the state monopoly on violence. But war is a very specific form of organized political violence, and it is decreasing on a global scale. Other patterns of armed violence now dominate, ones that seem to undermine...

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Liberalisierung in Zeiten der Instabilität : Spielräume unkonventioneller Partizipation im autoritären Regime der VR China

Schucher, Günter - 2008

Unkonventionelle Partizipation in autoritären Regimen wird in der Regel als Bedrohung für das politische System und als Beitrag zu seiner Demokratisierung gesehen. Diese Sichtweise vernachlässigt allerdings, dass Proteste nicht unbedingt gegen das System gerichtet sind und dass die politische...

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Bolivia's new constitution : towards participatory democracy and political pluralism?

Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut - 2010

In Bolivia, rights to increased political participation and the recognition of indigenous political systems are interrelated. The new constitution of 2009, a prime example of the "new Andean constitutionalism", defines Bolivia as a representative, participatory and communitarian democracy. It...

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In search of legitimacy in post-revolutionary China : bringing ideology and governance back in

Holbig, Heike - 2010

The contemporary politics of China reflect an ongoing effort by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to claim the right to rule in light of the consequences of economic development, international pressures, and historical change. China stands out within the Asian region for the success the...

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Frames we can believe in : official framing and ideology in the CCP's quest for legitimacy

Bondes, Maria - 2012

In the debate on authoritarian resilience, the importance of persuasion to regime legitimacy has been widely acknowledged, yet a conceptual framework explaining the role of persuasion is still lacking. Against this backdrop, we argue that the framing perspective (Benford and Snow 2000) provides...

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"Informelle Politik" und "informelle Institutionen" : konzeptionelle Grundlagen, analytische Zugänge und Herausforderungen für das Studium autoritärer und anderer politischer Herrs...

Köllner, Patrick - 2012

Um die Gestalt und die Funktionsweise politischer Herrschaftssysteme zu verstehen und zu erklären, ist es notwendig, deren informelle Elemente - die neben formalen Elementen existieren und mit diesen interagieren - in den Blick zu nehmen. In der Tat haben sich die Politikwissenschaft und die...

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Long-term monarchical survival in the Middle East : a configurational comparison, 1945-2012

Bank, André; Richter, Thomas; Sunik, Anna - 2013

The survival of eight monarchies during the "Arab Uprisings" of 2011 has put center stage the fundamental question about the durability of this subtype of authoritarian regime. Seen from a broader historical perspective, however, the idea that monarchies have an inherent advantage in retaining...

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Informal institutions in autocracies : analytical perspectives and the case of the Chinese Communist Party

Köllner, Patrick - 2013

Analyses of the shape and functioning of systems of political rule need to address informal institutions, which exist alongside and can relate to formal institutions in various ways. In this paper, I first discuss some analytical foundations of the study of such institutions. I then suggest that...

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Turning legal pluralism into state-sanctioned law : assessing the implications of the new constitutions and laws in Bolivia and Ecuador

Barrera, Anna - 2011

Ethnically diverse societies have long faced the challenge of accommodating distinct and often conflictive normative orders within a single polity. Leaving the ideal of a single, homogeneous legal order aside, many Latin American states have recently acknowledged the right of indigenous peoples...

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