1st Edition

Political Participation and Democratic Capability in Authoritarian States

By Lien Pham, Ance Kaleja Copyright 2021
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides an innovative theoretical and empirical exploration of the political participation and democratic capability of people living in authoritarian states. Merging perspectives from sociology and political science, the book demonstrates that despite autocratic restrictions on opposition, there is often still leeway for people to express themselves as political agents and to develop... Read more

Part I Theorising Political Participation 

1. Understanding Political Participation in Diverse Societies 

2. Three-Domains Political Participation Framework 

Part II Institutionalised Political Identities and Culture 

3. Expanding Opportunities and Infusing Values through Singapore’s Anti-Welfare System 

4. Examining the Rise and Effects of Tribalism in Jordan 

5. Conditionality of Participatory Agency in Belarus 

Part III Participation Practices and the ‘Political’ Turn 

6. Dialogues Between Culture and Politics: A case study of Cuban Revolutionary films 

7. Political Education and Political Participation: A case study of Nigeria’s voter education campaign in the 2019 general election 

8. Protests Through Print and Social Media: A case study of citizens’ responses to Vietnam’s Special Administrative-Economic Zone Bill 

Part IV Conclusions 

9. Political Participation, Agency, and Democratic Capability

 

Biography

Lien Pham, PhD, is a senior lecturer at the Graduate Research School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests and publications are in education and development, sociology of participation, policy, and social justice. She also provides consultancy for cross-sector research and evaluation for government agencies in Australia, non-governmental and multilateral organisations.

Ance Kaleja, PhD, is an independent researcher with a doctorate in political science from Heidelberg University in Germany. Her research interests include human rights, development, political regimes, and social justice.