Global Authoritarianism: Perspectives And Contestations From The South

✍ Scribed by Börries Nehe, Ailynn Torres Santana, Fathima Nizaruddin, Inés Durán Matute, Sabrina Fernandes, Khanyile Mlotshwa, Jeffrey G. Karam

• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 303
• Series: Political Science | 132
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

We are witnessing a worldwide resurgence of reactionary ideologies and movements, combined with an escalating assault on democratic institutions and structures. Nevertheless, most studies of these phenomena remain anchored in a methodological nationalism, while comparative research is almost entirely limited to the Global North. Yet, authoritarian transformations in the South — and the struggles against them — have not only been just as dramatic as those in the North but also preceded them, and consequently have been studied by Southern scholars for many years. This volume brings together the work of more than 15 scholar-activists from across the Global South, combining in-depth studies of regional processes of authoritarian transformation with a global perspective on authoritarian capitalism.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Embedded Authoritarianism
Hindu Majoritarianism and Authoritarian Shifts in the Age of Informational Capitalism in India
Right-Wing Authoritarianism Against Nature
Neoliberal Authoritarian Urbanism
Authoritarian Neoliberalism from Below
Reconfiguration of the Regime of Impunity and Authoritarian Statecraft in Turkey
Anti‐feminist Meeting Points in Latin America
Exploring the Colonial and Apartheid Roots of Urban Authoritarianism in Postapartheid South Africa
(Re)Thinking Authoritarianism in Democracy
Authoritarianism and Developmentalism Framing ‘Progressive’ Governments in Mexico and Argentina
Agrarian Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism, and the Political Reactions from below in Southern Africa
Factors of Resilience and Constraint in the Myanmar Resistance Movement
Contentions and Contradictions
Production of Activism under Authoritarianism
Contributors

✦ Subjects

Authoritarianism; Counterstrategies; Global South; Global South: Authoritarianism, Populism; Neoliberalism; Counterstrategies: Politics, Political System, Political Sociology; Political Theory: State, Political Science; Neoliberalism; Political Science; Political Sociology: Political System, Political Theory; Politics; Populism State