When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics. By Milan Vaishnav. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. 440p. $40.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718000622
Abstract: prospect of seizing the state. Militia foot soldiers think about the militia leaders who have reliable top-cover “roofs,” and thus would be in advantageous positions in the future as officials or insider businessmen who could… read more here.
Keywords: state; coalition; president; political order ... See more keywords
Contemporary Revisionism in the Multilayered Political Order: Operationalisation, Techno-Social Conditions, Dilemmas
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1776222
Abstract: Abstract In opening this special issue, our conceptual essay reclaims the importance of revisionism for regional analysis. It identifies and offers key conceptual and analytical tools for a multifaceted analysis of revisionism, discussing its various… read more here.
Keywords: revisionism; multilayered political; revisionism multilayered; contemporary revisionism ... See more keywords
Fear, pathogens and political order
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DOI: 10.1332/204378921x16182486684235
Abstract: I distinguish fear from fright and explore the role of both in the COVID-19 pandemic. I argue that fear generates strong public demands for protection and that these pressures can constrain or enable leaders depending… read more here.
Keywords: psychology; pathogens political; fear; ideology ... See more keywords
Privatizing Political Authority: Cybersecurity, Public-Private Partnerships, and the Reproduction of Liberal Political Order
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DOI: 10.17645/pag.v6i2.1335
Abstract: Cybersecurity sits at the intersection of public security concerns about critical infrastructure protection and private security concerns around the protection of property rights and civil liberties. Public-private partnerships have been embraced as the best way… read more here.
Keywords: cybersecurity; public private; private partnerships; authority ... See more keywords