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245 00 Lobbying the autocrat :|bthe dynamics of policy advocacy
in nondemocacies /|cMax Grömping and Jessica C. Teets,
editors.
246 30 Dynamics of policy advocacy in nondemocacies
263 2307
264 1 Ann Arbor :|bUniversity of Michigan Press,|c2023.
264 4 |c© 2023.
300 1 online resource.
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490 0 Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Part 1. Introduction -- Part 2. Mobilization and
Maintenance -- Part 3. Interest Communities -- Part 4.
Strategies -- Part 5. Outcomes -- Part 6. Conclusion.
520 3 Although authoritarian countries often repress independent
citizen activity, lobbying by civil society organizations
is actually a widespread phenomenon. Using case studies
such as China, Russia, Belarus, Cambodia, Malaysia,
Montenegro, Turkey, and Zimbabwe, Lobbying the Autocrat
shows that citizen advocacy organizations carve out niches
in the authoritarian policy process, even influencing
policy outcomes. The cases cover a range of autocratic
regime types (one-party, multi-party, personalist) on
different continents, and encompass different systems of
government to explore citizen advocacy ranging from issues
such as social welfare, women's rights, election reform,
environmental protection, and land rights. They show how
civil society has developed adaptive capacities to the
changing levels of political repression and built
resilience through 'tactful contention' strategies. Thus,
within the bounds set by the authoritarian regimes,
adaptive lobbying may still bring about localized
responsiveness and representation. However, the
challenging conditions of authoritarian advocacy systems
identified throughout this volume present challenges for
both advocates and autocrats alike. The former are pushed
by an environment of constant threat and uncertainty into
a precarious dance with the dictator: just the right
amount of acquiescence and assertiveness, private
persuasion and public pressure, and the flexibility to
change quickly to suit different situations. An adaptive
lobbyist survives and may even thrive in such conditions,
while others often face dire consequences. For the
autocrat on the other hand, the more they stifle the
associational sphere in an effort to prevent mass
mobilization, the less they will reap the informational
benefits associated with it. This volume synthesizes the
findings of the comparative cases to build a framework for
understanding how civil society effectively lobbies inside
authoritarian countries.
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650 0 Authoritarianism.
650 0 Lobbying|vCase studies.
650 0 Political planning.
650 0 Public interest groups.
650 0 Social action.
650 0 Government, Resistance to.
650 7 Authoritarianism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00821640
650 7 Government, Resistance to.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00945663
650 7 Lobbying.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01001123
650 7 Political planning.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01069460
650 7 Public interest groups.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01750275
650 7 Social action.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122251
655 7 Case studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423765
700 1 Grömping, Max,|eeditor.
700 1 Teets, Jessica C.,|eeditor.
776 08 |iPrint version:|tLobbying the autocrat|dAnn Arbor :
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