VI: National and Area Studies; Έtudes nationales et Régionales
| Date | 01 December 2018 |
| Published date | 01 December 2018 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002083451806800606 |
| Subject Matter | Abstracts |
VI
NATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES
ÉTUDES NATIONALES ET RÉGIONALES
68.7674
ABDULLAH, Walid Jumblatt — Selective history and he-
of rule of law (RL) by Poland and Hungary. This process of confrontation
gemony-making: the case of Singapore. International Po-
with the EU rules and values has been termed in the paper as De-
litical Science Review 39(4), Sept. 2018 : 473-486.
Europeanization that has been analysed in its historical trajectory from
This article analyzes the process of selective history and hegemony-
the “Copenhagen Dilemma” to the “Juncker Paradox”, as both of them
have encouraged the ECE autocratic regimes by their neglectence.
making in Singapore, and makes the following arguments. First, the birth
of the nation-state led the political elites to rely on several hegemonic
Namely, the paper argues first that the Copenhagen criteria have not
been well prepared for regulating the accession of the New Member
ideologies as founding myths, chief of which is the idea of ‘survival’.
States (NMS), since the EU has not elaborated a proper facilitating
Second, to create and sustain these ideologies, two things needed to be
mechanism for the sustainable Europeanization of NMS. [R, abr.]
done concurrently: de-emphasize the Malay-ness of the nation’s past;
and accentuate the racial/religious nature of sources to instability. Fi-
nally, the article claims that these ideologies have been successfully
68.7679
AHMAD, Ehtisham — Governance models and policy
perpetuated, and outlines the contours of this success. The article
framework: some Chinese perspectives. Journal of Chi-
argues against Singapore ‘exceptionalism’ in studies on democratization,
nese Governance 3(2), 2018 : 129-157.
and further contends that the link between ideas, history and authoritari-
anism needs to be considered more seriously. [R]
The Chinese governance system has evolved greatly since the Respon-
sibility System was introduced in the late 1970s, and spread from agricul-
ture to SOEs and local governments. As fiscal strains developed, mod-
68.7675
ÅBERG, Pelle ; EKMAN, Joakim ; RODIN, Johnny — What
ern institutions and tax and budget systems were introduced from 1993/4
should a Russian father be like? Exploring fatherhood
on, and have been evolving since then. While there has been rapid
norms and identifying norm patterns among inhabitants
economic growth, stresses have emerged in terms of congestion and
of Saint Petersburg. International Political Science Review
pollution in the major metropolitan areas, increasing spatial and interper-
39(4), Sept. 2018 : 487-502.
sonal inequality, as well as risks associated with possible rent-seeking
Based on data from a survey conducted in Saint Petersburg in 2013, this
and buildup of liabilities. Additional economic, institutional and legal
reforms are needed to strengthen the governance framework, yet poli-
article sheds new light on attitudes towards fatherhood in contemporary
Russia. We explore what norms are held concerning fatherhood, how
cies taken from US-style competition models may not work. [R, abr.]
these attitudes are related to age, sex, education and income as well as
to ideal-typical models established in previous research on fatherhood
68.7680
AKYUZ, Kadir ; HESS, Steve — Turkey looks East: interna-
from Western Europe and the US. We also discuss what explanatory
tional leverage and democratic backsliding in a hybrid
value established theoretical models have for the Russian context.
regime. Mediterranean Quarterly 29(2), June 2018 : 1-26.
Norms of the role of the father in the family are related to general norms
of masculinity and, hence, are an important part of the study of politics
This essay examines the impact of Turkey’s growing international links to
and the political climate in a society. [R, abr.]
China, Russia, and other non-Western powers on democratic backsliding
by the administration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The essay finds that
China’s and Russia’s growing engagement with Turkey since the middle
68.7676
ABERMAN, Noora Lisa ; BEHRMAN, Julia ; BIRNER, Regina
of the first decade of the 2000s, coupled with Turkey’s stalled bid for EU
— Gendered perceptions of power and decision making
membership, played an important role in deleveraging Western democra-
in rural Kenya. Development Policy Review 36(4), 2018 :
tizing influence on Turkey. This shift in the international balance opened
389-407.
a window of opportunity for the Erdogan administration to engage in
Development policies and programs rest on assumptions about what
backsliding activities and proved to be a more significant driver for
backsliding than other common predictors. [R]
constitutes power and how to change power dynamics. However, they
rarely consider local understandings of power. We ask how these com-
mon assumptions correspond with social y and cultural y specific ideas
68.7681
ALABI, Moruf ; BAKO, Abdulateef — Planning institutions
about what power is, who can hold power, and how power can be trans-
as gatekeepers in housing production in Lagos, Nigeria.
ferred, in rural communities in Kenya's lake region. We find that men and
Development in Practice 28(5), Aug. 2018 : 681-690.
women are constantly negotiating for power in the household, within the
In every phase of housing production, there are certain “gatekeepers”
bounds of their gendered limitations. And the predominant zero sum
that constrain access to housing resources. This article argues that the
conception of power may undermine common development approaches
activities of physical planning institutions constrain access to residential
to empowerment. However, the results also highlight some exceptions to
building permits in Lagos, Nigeria. From May 2013 to May 2014, 7,281
this conceptualization, as well as the value of taking a whole family
residential structures were served with contravention notices while only
approach to empowerment. [R]
1,380 applications for residential building plans were approved in 2013.
This figure is negligible in relation to the population of Lagos and its
68.7677
ADELKHAH, Fariba — La vie politique dans une province
housing needs. There is therefore a need to review the criteria for grant-
frontalière: l'exemple du Khorasân (Political life in a bor-
ing residential building permits to encourage participation from the
informal private sector. [R]
der province: the case of Khorasân). Hérodote 169, 2018 :
117-131.
68.7682
ALBERT, Fruzsina, et al. — Mapping the post-communist
Iran’s political life is particularly complex and changing especially through
class structure: findings from a new multidimensional
regular elections since the revolution of 1979. The national debates be-
Hungarian class survey. East European Politics and Socie-
tween "conservatives" and "reformers" are far from reflecting the reality of
ties and Cultures 32(3), Aug. 2018 : 544-565.
the balance of power, of the conflict and dynamics at work in the country.
The detailed analysis of the 2016 parliamentary elections in two constituen-
We define a schema for the class structure of Hungary, in which we
cies of Khorasân (Torbat-e Jam/Tâyebâd and Sarakhs/Farimân), shows
consider a case for an Eastern-European capitalist system emerging
the place of the conflicts related to the land, the weight of the personalities
from post-communist societies. Our schema is based on the findings of
and religious institutions, personal relationships, intrigues and ethnic or
the Hungarian Class Survey, 2014. Using six measures of Bourdieusian
rather clannish solidarities with the multitude of diverse populations, often
economic, cultural, and social capital and applying the methodology of
refugees in this border province of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. This
latent class analysis (LCA), we have constructed a model of eight LCA-
complex local dynamic has to be taken into account to understand the
based classes: upper class, cultural middle class, affluent middle class,
national political debates. [R, abr.] [See Abstr. 68.7751]
young urban consumers, network-embedded rural workers, young
drifters, middle-aged deprived, and the precariat. Hungarian society
seems to be quite hierarchical but is also fragmented within the upper
68.7678
ÁGH, Attila — Decline of democracy in the ECE and the
and lower strata. Status inconsistency in terms of possessing economic,
core-periphery divide: rule of law conflicts of Poland and
cultural, and social capital is strongly present even for the middle
Hungary with the EU. Journal of Comparative Politics 11(2),
classes. [R, abr.]
July 2018 : 30-48.
After the global crisis the Core-Periphery Divide has deepened in the EU
68.7683
AMATO, Silvia D’ — From BR to ISIS. The Italian domestic
between the most developed Core countries and the East- Central
and international response to terrorism. European Politics
European (ECE) countries that has been most manifest in the violations
and Society 19(4), Sept. 2018 : 416-434.
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Italy is currently one of the front-actors involved in the fight against
liberal democracy": construction plans from Hungary
international terrorist organizations such as ISIS, and one with the most
and Poland). Osteuropa 68(3-5), 2018 : 127-148.
solid and advanced anti-terrorism legislative structure among European
countries. However, in the existing literature studies on the...
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