In this paper we examine the legacies on civil society of routine repressive activities carried out by authoritarian … regimes, such as the targeting of opposition organizations. We focus on participation in voluntary associations in post … authoritarianism and the consolidation of a democratic regime. We analyse the impact of repression during the late Francoist regime …

limited the space in which civil society could challenge state actions. The state's struggle for authority in the face of … nonstate actors such as opposition parties and civil society groups led it to embrace strategies such as electoral … authoritarianism to maintain control, thereby obscuring transparency and accountability in the pandemic. The focus on state capacity …

Civil society organizations have played various roles in promoting the capture of benefits from and protection against … technical capacity of civil society organizations, providing civic education, targeting interventions better, and learning more …

their private life; this follows the idea that the way women are treated in a society might have major implications for the … economic, social, and political functioning of that society. We find that the gender difference in support for democracy is no …

results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with increases in individual participation in political organizations …

attributes of democracy and state capacity-namely, civic participation and impartial bureaucracy-my study provides new evidence … findings strongly support the hypothesis that a vibrant civic society is an important prerequisite of impartial bureaucracies …

This paper studies the effect of austerity on forms of political participation-including voting, appealing for reform … exposure to austerity and political participation. The paper focuses on the case of the United Kingdom (UK) where, between 2011 … from austerity increases political participation and strengthens preferences for government redistribution. The …

war likely influence citizens' post-conflict political participation, with consequences for democratic politics. We … choices about political participation. We test our argument with an original household survey of 12,000 households from war …-state paramilitaries increased participation in formal and informal political channels when compared to those not having experienced armed …