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Using extensive interview data from key players in the political arena

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Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule general contractor Using extensive interview data fromThis book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change. This book moves beyond traditional notions of civil society and explains the complexity of state society relations in authoritarian contexts outside the framework of democratization. Rejecting a wholly normative approach, the contributors focus on the whole range of civic activism under authoritarianism, from