Civil society activism under authoritarian rule : a comparative perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Cavatorta, Francesco
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:	Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 81.
Subjects:	Civil society > Case studies. Political participation > Case studies. Authoritarianism. Regime change. Comparative government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Civil society activism under authoritarian constraints
Everyday citizenship under authoritarianism: the cases of Spain and Portugal / Pedro Ramos Pinto
Dissident writings as political theory on civil society and democracy / Marlies Glasius
Civil society activism and authoritarian rule in Romania and Chile / Caterina Preda
Contesting order in Tunisia: crafting political identity / Laryssa Chomiak and John Entelis
Voice, not democracy. civil society, ethnic politics and the search for political space in Central Asia / Matteo Fumagalli
The influence of civil society activism on regional governance structures in the Russian Federation / Karina Mikirova, Kathrin Mueller and Johannes Schuhmann
Entrenching authoritarianism or promoting reform? civil society in contemporary Yemen / Vincent Durac
Relations between professional associations and the state in Jordan / Janine Clark
Transnational activism under authoritarianism in Myanmar / Adam Simpson
Civil society in the digital age: how the internet changes state-society relations in authoritarian regimes. the case of Cuba / Bert Hoffmann
Reconsidering two myths about civil society. evidence from Afghanistan / Kevin Gray.