Lobbying the Autocrat : The Dynamics of Policy Advocacy in Nondemocracies
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...
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University of Michigan Press
2023
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