Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102669
Abstract: Abstract We look at Chile's transition to democracy in 1990 to study the persistence of authoritarian politics at the local level. Using new data on the universe of mayors appointed by the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990)… read more here.
Keywords: dictatorship; dictatorship mayors; lost transition; transition persistence ... See more keywords
Labor and Dictatorship in Brazil: A Historiographical Review
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DOI: 10.1017/s0147547917000229
Abstract: Abstract This article analyzes recent Brazilian scholarship on workers and trade unions during the military dictatorship (1964–1985), emphasizing the relative absence of studies and the neglect of worker organization. By focusing on working-class agency and… read more here.
Keywords: dictatorship; labor; brazil historiographical; dictatorship brazil ... See more keywords
When the Censor Is Not the Censor: Variety Shows’ Censorship on Portuguese Television During Salazar’s Dictatorship (1957–1968)
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DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2024.2429193
Abstract: The Portuguese dictatorship of Estado Novo (1933–1974) marked a crucial period in the culture industry and its mediations, presenting new challenges for a censorship system initially designed for press and public performances. Television, or the… read more here.
Keywords: censor; culture; television; dictatorship ... See more keywords
Silencing the laws to save the fatherland: Rousseau’s theory of dictatorship between Bodin and Schmitt
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DOI: 10.1080/01916599.2019.1661265
Abstract: ABSTRACT Jean-Jacques Rousseau devoted an important chapter of his Social Contract to the dictatorship. Carl Schmitt interpreted Rousseau’s chapter as marking the transition from ‘commissarial’ to ‘sovereign dictatorship’. This article argues that Schmitt’s interpretation is… read more here.
Keywords: dictatorship; silencing laws; rousseau; bodin ... See more keywords
Democratizing memories of the Brazilian dictatorship? Permanent and temporary exhibitions in the Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo
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DOI: 10.1177/09213740251323353
Abstract: This article explores representations of political violence in the Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo, a former detention and torture centre that became Brazil’s first official museological space dedicated to preserving the memory of repression… read more here.
Keywords: dictatorship; ncia paulo; memorial resist; resist ncia ... See more keywords
The Silent Majority in Cinema about the Argentinian (Post)Dictatorship: Collective Responsibility, Desires of Repression and Micro-fascisms
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DOI: 10.1177/1743872119879347
Abstract: The article re-examines the problem of collective responsibility for state-sponsored violence, taking the latest Argentine dictatorship (1976–1983) as a case study, a country that has also elaborated a proper theoretical frame to research the subject.… read more here.
Keywords: dictatorship; repression micro; desires repression; micro fascisms ... See more keywords
Forum: Raluca Grosescu’s Justice and Memory after Dictatorship
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DOI: 10.1177/2336825x241310093
Abstract: Raluca Grosescu ’ s Justice and Memory after Dictatorship explores how lawyers mobilised, contested, (re)interpreted, and adjusted key notions of international criminal law in domestic contexts during the transition from dictatorship to democracy in the… read more here.
Keywords: justice; dictatorship; justice memory; law ... See more keywords