1st Edition
Sub-National Actors in Authoritarian and Illiberal Systems Reframing Paradiplomacy
Chapter 1: Introduction
Case Selection and Outline of the Book
Chapter 2: Paradiplomacy in Illiberal and Authoritarian Realms: A Conceptual Framework
Chapter 3: The Mayor of İstanbul and the Pursuit of Legitimacy: Paradiplomacy under Competitive-Disharmony in an Authoritarian Context
Paradiplomacy under Pressure: İstanbul, Competitive Disharmony, and the Rise of İmamoğlu
The Institutional Landscape of Local Governance in Turkey: Regulations and Limitations
Economic Paradiplomacy: External Loans and Infrastructure
Political Paradiplomacy: Global Platforms and Legitimacy
Network Building: Friends and Foes in Paradiplomacy
Chapter 4: An “Island of Freedom” against Orban’s illiberalism: Budapest’s Paradiplomacy
Hungary’s Authoritarian Reconfiguration Under Viktor Orbán
Decentralization in Hungary: Between Institutional Autonomy and Recentralizing Currents
The Mayor of Dissent: Introducing Gergely Karacsony
The “Parallel”: Karácsony’s Municipal Resistance to Orbán’s Foreign Policy
The “Disharmony”: Establishing a counter-narrative for Hungary abroad
Chapter 5: Paradiplomacy as a Quest for Recognition: Taiwan’s Sub-State Diplomacy under Authoritarian Constraints
Who is who?: Taiwan’s Status and the One China Dilemma
Paradiplomacy as Political Recognition: Taiwan’s Sub-State Diplomatic Acts
Chapter 6: Cities as Instruments of the State: Cooperative-Coordinated Paradiplomacy in Iran
Dynamics of Iranian local governance
Urban Diplomacy Under Constraint: Patterns of Engagement in Iranian Cities and Provinces
Chapter 7: “Make America Great Again” from Florida: Supporting an Illiberal Movement Through State Diplomacy?
Explaining MAGA as an illiberal movement
Paradiplomacy in the US and “bypassing paradiplomacy”
Florida in Action: Sustaining MAGA During Trump’s Interregnum
Chapter 8: Paradiplomacy Amidst Social Unrest: Antonio Ledezma, Caracas, and the Organization of American States
An Overview on Venezuela's Politics
Antonio Ledezma’s Mayoral Tenure: Paradiplomacy as Resistance
Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks
Biography
Dr. Ertürk is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Kultur University. His research focuses on EU and Turkish transport policies, EU–Turkey relations, and paradiplomacy.
Dr. Kourou is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Kultur University. Her research focuses on the relationship between gender and politics, anti-gender movements, and women’s political participation in Turkey.
