A Colonial Autocracy

A Colonial Autocracy
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89095841243
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Synopsis A Colonial Autocracy by : Marion Phillips

Summary: A collection of humorous films by renowned cartoonist & filmmaker, Bruce Petty. Leisure - Academy award-winning film that takes a wry look at work and leisure through history. Megalomedia - a look at the development of the media. The Movers - provides an historical perspective on technological development.

A Colonial Autocracy

A Colonial Autocracy
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 10
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ISBN-10 : 0714626589
ISBN-13 : 9780714626581
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis A Colonial Autocracy by : Marion Phillips

First published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Autocratic Parliament

The Autocratic Parliament
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780815655015
ISBN-13 : 0815655010
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Autocratic Parliament by : Irene Weipert-Fenner

When protests erupted in response to the 2010 Egyptian parliament elections that were widely viewed as fraudulent, many wondered. Why now? Voters had never witnessed free and fair elections in the past, so why did these elicit such an outcry? To answer this question, Weipert-Fenner conducted the first study of politics in modern Egypt from a parliamentary perspective. Contrary to the prevailing opinion that autocratic parliaments are meaningless, token institutions, Weipert-Fenner’s long-term analysis shows that parliament can be an indicator, catalyst, and agent of change in an authoritarian regime. Comparing parliamentary dynamics over decades, Weipert-Fenner demonstrates that autocratic parliaments can grow stronger within a given political system. They can also become contentious when norms regarding policies, political actors, and institutions are violated on a large scale and/or at a fast pace. Most importantly, a parliament can even turn against the executive when parliamentary rights are withdrawn or when widely shared norms are violated. These and other recurrent patterns of institutional relations identified in The Autocratic Parliament help explain long spans of stable, yet never stagnant, authoritarian rule in colonial and postcolonial periods alike, as well as the different types of regime change that Egypt has witnessed: those brought about by external intervention, by revolution, or by military coup.

The Promise of Power

The Promise of Power
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781107032965
ISBN-13 : 1107032962
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Promise of Power by : Maya Tudor

Under what conditions are some developing countries able to create stable democracies while others have slid into instability and authoritarianism? To address this classic question at the center of policy and academic debates, The Promise of Power investigates a striking puzzle: why, upon the 1947 Partition of British India, was India able to establish a stable democracy while Pakistan created an unstable autocracy? Drawing on interviews, colonial correspondence, and early government records to document the genesis of two of the twentieth century's most celebrated independence movements, Maya Tudor refutes the prevailing notion that a country's democratization prospects can be directly attributed to its levels of economic development or inequality. Instead, she demonstrates that the differential strengths of India's and Pakistan's independence movements directly account for their divergent democratization trajectories. She also establishes that these movements were initially constructed to pursue historically conditioned class interests. By illuminating the source of this enduring contrast, The Promise of Power offers a broad theory of democracy's origins that will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, democratization, state-building, and South Asian political history.

Legislative Development in Africa

Legislative Development in Africa
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9781108492102
ISBN-13 : 110849210X
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Legislative Development in Africa by : Ken Ochieng' Opalo

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

Competitive Authoritarianism

Competitive Authoritarianism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9781139491488
ISBN-13 : 1139491482
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Competitive Authoritarianism by : Steven Levitsky

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.

The Decline and Rise of Democracy

The Decline and Rise of Democracy
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9780691201955
ISBN-13 : 0691201951
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Decline and Rise of Democracy by : David Stasavage

"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation."—Steven Levitsky, New York Times–bestselling author of How Democracies Die A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the future Historical accounts of democracy’s rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer—democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas before European conquest, to ancient Mesopotamia, to precolonial Africa. Delving into the prevalence of early democracy throughout the world, David Stasavage makes the case that understanding how and where these democracies flourished—and when and why they declined—can provide crucial information not just about the history of governance, but also about the ways modern democracies work and where they could manifest in the future. Drawing from examples spanning several millennia, Stasavage first considers why states developed either democratic or autocratic styles of governance and argues that early democracy tended to develop in small places with a weak state and, counterintuitively, simple technologies. When central state institutions (such as a tax bureaucracy) were absent—as in medieval Europe—rulers needed consent from their populace to govern. When central institutions were strong—as in China or the Middle East—consent was less necessary and autocracy more likely. He then explores the transition from early to modern democracy, which first took shape in England and then the United States, illustrating that modern democracy arose as an effort to combine popular control with a strong state over a large territory. Democracy has been an experiment that has unfolded over time and across the world—and its transformation is ongoing. Amidst rising democratic anxieties, The Decline and Rise of Democracy widens the historical lens on the growth of political institutions and offers surprising lessons for all who care about governance.

The Postcolonial State in Africa

The Postcolonial State in Africa
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Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9780299291433
ISBN-13 : 029929143X
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Postcolonial State in Africa by : Crawford Young

"A highly readable, sweeping, and yet detailed analysis of the African state in all its failures and moments of hope. Crawford Young manages to touch upon all the important issues in the discipline and crucial developments in the recent history of the African continent. This book will be a classic."---Pierre Englebert, author of Africa Unity, Sovereignty, and Sorrow --

Authoritarian Africa

Authoritarian Africa
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 0190279656
ISBN-13 : 9780190279653
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Authoritarian Africa by : Nic Cheeseman

"A higher education history textbook on the history of authoritarianism in Africa"--

Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy

Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9781108196420
ISBN-13 : 110819642X
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy by : Michael Albertus

This book argues that - in terms of institutional design, the allocation of power and privilege, and the lived experiences of citizens - democracy often does not restart the political game after displacing authoritarianism. Democratic institutions are frequently designed by the outgoing authoritarian regime to shield incumbent elites from the rule of law and give them an unfair advantage over politics and the economy after democratization. Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy systematically documents and analyzes the constitutional tools that outgoing authoritarian elites use to accomplish these ends, such as electoral system design, legislative appointments, federalism, legal immunities, constitutional tribunal design, and supermajority thresholds for change. The study provides wide-ranging evidence for these claims using data that spans the globe and dates from 1800 to the present. Albertus and Menaldo also conduct detailed case studies of Chile and Sweden. In doing so, they explain why some democracies successfully overhaul their elite-biased constitutions for more egalitarian social contracts.