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
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
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