Demystifying democratization: The global constitution of (neo)liberal polities in Africa
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A study of the theoretical and material underpinnings of the great-power-defined agenda of democratization with the help of the global constitution of (neo)liberal polities in Africa is presented. The democratization project attempts to reproduce within Africa the patterns of transformation that characterized the transition to capitalist modernity in northwest Europe.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2006
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Corruption, collusion and nepotism in Indonesia
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Corruption in Indonesia became prominent enough in the Suharto regime to be given the acronymn KKN (Korrupsi, Kollusi, Nepotisme), meaning corruption, collusion and nepotism. The economic collapse since Suharto's departure from power in 1997 has identified shortcomings blocking renewal and recovery.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 1999
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The rise of neo-third worldism? The Indonesian trajectory and the consilidation of illiberal democracy
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The debate about democratisation and the understandings of democracy in Indonesia is reviewed. The demonstrations of these debates over the past several decades are discussed.
Publication Name: Third World Quarterly
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0143-6597
Year: 2004
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