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Comparative Democratization Section 35 of the American Political Science Association
Newsletter Volume 6, Number 1, January 2008
Table of Contents
1. Current Section Officers 2. Report from the Chair 3. Section News 4. News From Members 5. Professional Announcements 6. Recent Conferences 7. Future Conferences 8. New Research
1. CURRENT SECTION OFFICERS
Chair (2007-2009) Nancy Bermeo Nuffield Chair of Comparative Politics University of Oxford e-mail: [email protected]
Vice-chair (2006-2008) Catherine Boone Professor of Government University of Texas, Austin e-mail: [email protected]
Secretary (2006-2008) Ellen Lust-Okar Assistant Professor of Political Science Yale University e-mail: [email protected]
Treasurer (2007-2009) Marc Morjé Howard Associate Professor of Government Georgetown University e-mail: [email protected]
Newsletter Editor (ex officio) Diego Abente Deputy Director International Forum for Democratic Studies National Endowment for Democracy e-mail: [email protected]
Associate Newsletter Editor (ex officio) Melissa Aten Research and Conferences Officer International Forum for Democratic Studies National Endowment for Democracy
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e-mail: [email protected]
2. REPORT FROM THE CHAIR
Prizes, panels and membership loom large for the Comparative Democratization Section as spring approaches. Our five prize committees are eagerly awaiting your nominations. These prizes offer us a valuable opportunity to reward the best scholarly work on democratization and, in so doing, stimulate more good work. Please give a few minutes of your time to make a nomination if you can identify an appropriate nominee. Our committees for the Best Dissertation, Best Paper, Best Article and Best Book Awards will accept nominations until FEBRUARY 15. Our committee for Best Fieldwork Award will accept nominations until APRIL 2. Please see Section 3 of this newsletter for more details.
Our section’s panels for the Boston meetings are being assembled by Michele Penner Angrist, our able and fair-minded Program Chair. She has had the difficult task of fitting 28 pre-organized panel submissions and 196 individual paper submissions into only 15 panel slots. These odds, and her good judgment, guarantee that our panels will be especially interesting this year but the small number of panel slots means that Michele had no room for many excellent submissions. Our section was allocated 24 slots for the 2007 meetings but we no longer benefit from the special allocations given to new sections. The decrease in slots is also due to the fact that our section ranked in the lower quarter in panel attendance. As our section moves into its “consolidation” phase we have to be mindful of the perils of decreased participation!
The subject of participation brings me to the issue of membership. Our section boasts 627 members. This makes us one of the larger sections in the APSA organization but it represents a slight drop in affiliation. If you have colleagues who work on questions related to regime change and are not section members, please urge them to join us.
Nancy Bermeo Nuffield Professor of Comparative Politics University of Oxford
3. SECTION NEWS
The Comparative Democratization Section will present five awards for scholarly work at the 2008 APSA annual meeting in Boston: the Linz Prize for Best Dissertation, and Best Book, Best Article, Best Fieldwork, and Best Paper prizes. Members are strongly encouraged to submit nominations to the appropriate committees listed below. Note that some committees accept self-nominations. Please also forward this information to colleagues and graduate students. We ask you to note the eligibility criteria, deadlines for submissions, and materials that must accompany nominations. Queries should be directed to the committee chairs.
Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy: Given for the best dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy completed and accepted in the two calendar years immediately prior to the APSA Annual Meeting where the award will be presented (2006 or 2007 for the 2008 Annual Meeting). The prize can be awarded to analyses of individual country cases as long as they are clearly cast in a comparative perspective. A hard copy of the dissertation, accompanied by a letter of support from the dissertation chair or a member of the dissertation committee, should be sent to each member of the selection committee. For inquiries, contact the Award Committee Chair. Deadline for Submissions: February 15, 2008
Chair Gwendolyn Sasse Department of Politics and International Relations
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Nuffield College Oxford University OX1 1NF Oxford, United Kingdom Tel: 0044-1865-288689 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Department of Political Science University of Pittsburgh 4L01 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Tel: 412-648-7291 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Juliet Johnson Department of Political Science McGill University 855 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T7 Canada Tel: 514-398-6120 E-mail: [email protected]
Best Book Award Given for the best book in the field of comparative democratization published in 2007 (authored, co- authored or edited). Copies of the nominated book must be sent to each committee member in time to arrive by February 15, 2008. For inquiries, contact Award Committee Chair. Deadline for Submission: February 15, 2008
Chair James L. Gibson Department of Political Science Washington University Campus Box 1063 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 Tel: 314-935-5897 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Sheri Berman Department of Political Science Barnard College Columbia University 411 Lehman Hall 3009 Broadway New York, NY 10027-6598 Tel: 212-854-2158 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Goldie Shabad Department of Political Science http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 3 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
The Ohio State University 153 North Oval Mall Columbus, Ohio 43210 Tel: 614-292-1047 E-mail: [email protected]
Best Article Single-authored or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democratization and published in 2007 are eligible. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged. Copies of the article should be sent by e-mail to each committee member. Deadline for Submission: February 15, 2008
Chair Richard Snyder Political Science Brown University Box 1844 36 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02912 Tel: 401-863-1578 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Robert M. Fishman Departament de CPIS Universitat Pompeu Fabra Ramon Trias Fargas, 25 - 27 08005 Barcelona Spain E-mail: [email protected]
Member José Antonio Cheibub Department of Political Science University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 379 Lincoln Hall 702 South Wright Street, MC-446 Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: 217-333-3273 E-mail: [email protected]
Best Paper Award Given to the best paper presented on a panel organized or co-organized by the Comparative Democratization Section at the previous year’s APSA Convention. Papers must be nominated by panel chairs or discussants and may be sent via email or postal mail. Deadline for Submissions: February 15, 2008
Chair Kurt Weyland Department of Government The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A1800 Austin, TX 78712-0119 Tel: 512-232-7253 E-mail: [email protected]
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Member Kathleen Collins Department of Political Science University of Minnesota 1414 Social Sciences Building 267 19th Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel: 612-624-4144 (Department) E-mail: [email protected]
Member Marsha Posusney Department of History and Social Sciences Bryant University 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield, RI 02917 Tel: 401-232-6419 E-mail: [email protected]
Best Fieldwork This prize rewards dissertation students who conduct especially innovative and difficult fieldwork. Scholars who are currently writing their dissertations or who completed their dissertations in 2007 are eligible. Candidates must submit three chapters of their dissertation and a letter of nomination from the chair of their dissertation committee describing the field work. The material submitted must describe the fieldwork in detail and should provide one or two key insights from the evidence collected in the field. The chapters may be sent electronically or in hard copy directly to each committee member. Deadline for Submission: April 2, 2008
Chair Kathryn Stoner-Weiss Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Stanford University Encina Hall C152 Stanford, CA 94305-6055 Tel: 650-736-1820 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Michael Mitchell Department of Political Science Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona 85297-2001 Tel: 480-965-1318 E-mail: [email protected]
Member Devra C. Moehler Department of Government Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Tel: 607-255-8270 E-mail: [email protected]
4. NEWS FROM MEMBERS
In October 2007, Michigan State University conferred on Michael Bratton the title of University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science. Mr. Bratton is also a founder and director of the Afrobarometer, a collaborative international survey research project that measures public opinion on democracy, markets, and civil society in eighteen African countries. His main research and teaching interests are comparative politics (democratization, social movements, and public opinion) and policy studies (development policy, development administration, and evaluation research). His current research focuses on public opinion in new democracies, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, but also in broad comparative perspective.
Jason Brownlee, assistant professor of government, University of Texas at Austin, published Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization (Cambridge University Press, 2007), in which he shows that the mixed record of recent democratization is best deciphered through a historical and institutional approach to authoritarian rule. By exposing the internal organizations that structure elite conflict, Mr. Brownlee demonstrates why the critical soft-liners needed for democratic transitions have been dormant in Egypt and Malaysia but outspoken in Iran and the Philippines.
Mr. Brownlee also published “A New Generation of Autocracy in Egypt” in the Fall/Winter 2007 Brown Journal of World Affairs, in which he examines Egypt’s recent constitutional changes that benefited Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party and signified the Egyptian government’s success at regenerating authoritarianism while again suppressing its critics. Finally, Mr. Brownlee recently published two articles in World Politics: “Can American Nation-Build?” (January 2007) and “Hereditary Succession in Modern Autocracies” (July 2007).
In January, Anthony Brunello, professor of political science, Eckerd College, is leading a team of sixteen students in New York City, where they are participating in briefings at the United Nations, and with a number of the UN Permanent Missions, including the permanent member states of the Security Council.
Alex Danilovich, associate professor of political science, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research, published Russian-Belarusian Integration: Playing Games Behind the Kremlin Walls (Ashgate, 2006), in which the author examines why specific attempts to reunify Russia and Belarus have failed, despite the desires of significant forces on both sides and contrary to predictions of certain theory-based expectations.
John P. Entelis, professor of political science and director of the Middle East Studies program, Fordham University, published “The Unchanging Politics of North Africa,” the lead article in the Winter 2007 Middle East Policy, a special issue devoted to North Africa. Mr. Entelis argues that despite the use of democratic discourse and select application of pluralistic practices, the reality of power and politics in the Maghreb remains as it has been since independence: domination by state authority at the expense of individual rights and civil liberties. Despite differences in governing styles among the four Maghrebi states, he argues, the fundamentals of power and the mechanisms of control remain unchanged. The rule of law is virtually nonexistent, separation of powers is a chimera, pluralistic politics is a sham, competitive elections are severely constrained, and individual liberties are continuously under threat of usurpation, compromise, or elimination.
Elliott Green, tutorial fellow, London School of Economics, published “Demography, Diversity, and Nativism in Contemporary Africa: Evidence from Uganda” in the October 2007 Nations and Nationalism. Using a case study of local conflict in the Kibaale district in western Uganda, Mr. Green examines the relationship between population growth, ethnic diversity, and conflict in the developing world. Mr. Green argues that though the conflict in Kibaale was indeed sparked by population growth and resultant internal migration, the conflict has much more to do with nativism and the salience of claims to indigeneity at the local level.
Kenneth F. Greene, assistant professor of government, University of Texas at Austin, published Why Dominant Parties Lose: Mexico’s Democratization in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2007), in which he develops a theory of single-party dominance, its durability, and its breakdown into fully competitive democracy. Mr. Greene shows that dominant parties turn public resources into patronage goods to bias electoral competition in their favor and virtually win elections before election http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 6 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
day without resorting to electoral fraud or repression. Opposition parties fail not because of limited voter demand or institutional constraints but because their resource disadvantages force them to form as niche parties with appeals that are out of step with the average voter. When the political economy of dominance erodes, the partisan playing field becomes fairer and opposition parties can expand into catch all competitors that threaten the dominant party at the polls.
Mr. Greene also published “Dominant Party Strategy and Democratization” in the January 2008 American Journal of Political Science.
Krzysztof Jasiewicz, professor of sociology, Washington and Lee University, contributed a chapter on “Poland: Party System by Default” to Party Politics in New Democracies, edited by Paul Webb and Stephen White and published by Oxford University Press in 2007. The book offers a systematic and rigorous analysis of parties in some of the world’s major new democracies and assesses the popular legitimacy, organizational development, and functional performance of political parties in Latin American and postcommunist Eastern Europe.
Todd Landman, director, Centre for Democratic Governance, University of Essex, co-authored Assessing the Quality of Democracy: A Practical Guide with David Beetham, Stuart Weir, and Edzia Carvalho. The handbook, produced by International IDEA in 2008, brings together lessons learned from democracy assessments carried out in over twenty countries.
Mahendra Lawoti, assistant professor of political science, Western Michigan University, edited Contentious Politics and Democratization in Nepal (Sage Publications, 2007), in which the author shows how, contrary to popular arguments, some forms of contentious politics can hinder democratization by examining collective political struggles in Nepal after the restoration of democracy in 1990.
Mr. Lawoti also wrote “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Centralization, Multiple Conflicts, and Democratic State Building in Nepal,” a 2007 Policy Studies paper published by the East-West Center, in which he argues accountability, inclusion based on identity and class, and decentralization should be significant criteria in restructuring the Nepali state.
Staffan I. Lindberg, assistant professor of political science and Center for African Studies, University of Florida, organized a November 30-December 2, 2007, workshop at the University of Florida in which several Section members participated (including Larry Diamond, Ellen Lust-Okar, Pippa Norris, Jason Brownlee, Valerie Bunce, Marc Howard, Andreas Schedler, Gerardo L. Munck, Jonathan Hartlyn, Nicolas van de Walle, Jan Teorell, Lars Svasand, Carrie Manning, Bryon Moraski, Leslie Anderson, Benjamin Smith, Diego Abente, and Goran Hyden. A compilation of papers presented at the workshop is forthcoming.
Mr. Lindberg’s book, Democracy and Elections in Africa (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006), was also awarded with Choice magazine’s prize for “Outstanding Academic Title” in 2007.
Tina Mavrikos-Adamou, adjunct associate professor of political science, Hofstra University, will present a workshop on “Syllabus Construction: Designing an Effective Syllabus” at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning in Political Science Conference, which will be held on February 22-24, 2008, in San Jose, California. Syllabi related to democratization will be discussed.The aim of the workshop is both to provide guidance in syllabus development as well as to facilitate an exchange of views and experiences about what constitutes a comprehensive syllabus.
Juliana Geran Pilon, research professor of politics and culture, Institute of World Politics, wrote the December 3, 2007, Backgrounder on “Obsolete Restrictions on Public Diplomacy Hurt U.S. Outreach and Strategy,” published by the Heritage Foundation. The paper examines how the Smith-Mundt Act, which prohibits domestic dissemination of information designed for foreign consumption, hampers public understanding of the U.S. government’s activities, prevents serious oversight and evaluation by members of the public, and hinders U.S. public diplomacy by inhibiting dissemination of information about U.S. outreach activities abroad.
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Benjamin Reilly, director, Centre for Democratic Institutions (Australia), was promoted to professor of political science at the Australian National University. He will hold the two positions concurrently. Much of his recent work has focused on political reform in Asia and the Pacific, including the November 2007 Comparative Political Studies article on “Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: Is There an ‘Asian Model’ of Democracy?” in which he examines the congruent reforms to key political institutions such as electoral systems, political parties, and parliaments in numerous states in the region. Comparing the outcomes of these reforms with those of other regions, Mr. Reilly argues that there appears to be an increasing convergence on an identifiable “Asian model” of electoral democracy.
A paperback version of Mr. Reilly’s book Democracy and Diversity: Political Engineering in the Asia- Pacific was also recently released by Oxford University Press.
On December 2, 2007, Eve Sandberg, associate professor of politics, Oberlin College, conducted a session during a three-day workshop hosted by the Collectif Democratie et Modernite and the National Democratic Institute in Morocco that targeted members of the Moroccan parliament and civil society representatives.
In August 2007, Ms. Sandberg participated in a team of six trainers who conducted a two-day workshop for female candidates for the Jordanian parliament, a three-day workshop for parliamentary campaign staff members, and also consulted with a new Jordanian women’s civic non-profit group, “Women Helping Women.”
Lahra Smith, assistant professor of African studies, Georgetown University, published “Voting for an Ethnic Identity: Procedural and Institutional Responses to Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia” in the December 2007 Journal of Modern African Studies. Using the Siltie people in Ethiopia as a case study, Ms. Smith argues that formal political institutions have a limited, though important, role in resolving contested citizenship claims in ethnically divided societies, but she also asserts that vital questions about the challenges of procedural solutions in the context of contested citizenship and democratic transition in sub-Saharan Africa remain.
Etel Solingen, professor of political science, University of California at Irvine, published “Pax Asiatica versus Bella Levantina: The Foundations of War and Peace in East Asia and the Middle East” in the November 2007 American Political Science Review, in which the author traces the diverging paths to competing domestic models of political survival in the Middle East and East Asia since 1965. Ms. Solingen finds that East Asian leaders pivoted their political control on economic performance and integration into the global economy, where Middle East leaders relied on inward-looking self-sufficiency, state and military entrepreneurships, and a related brand of nationalism.
Sherrill Stroschein, lecturer in politics in the department of political science, University College London, edited Governance in Ethnically Mixed Cities (Routledge, 2007). The collection of essays examines the dynamics of ethnic and religious politics at the local level in the Middle East (Kirkuk, Haifa, and Tel Aviv-Jaffa), Europe (Mostar, Bolzano, Toulouse, and Florence), Central Asia (Osh in Kyrgyzstan), and the United States (Durham, North Carolina). Despite the variety of disciplinary approaches and geographic diversity of the case studies, the contributing authors uncover a number of common elements of local ethnopolitical dynamics in mixed cities: the power of informal institutions, the effect of numerical balances between groups on local politics, and the significance of local competition for material and symbolic resources.
Christian Welzel, professor of political science, Jacobs University Bremen, published “Are Levels of Democracy Influenced by Mass Attitudes?” in the September 2007 International Political Science Review, in which the author tests a causal mechanism by which emancipative attitudes help to attain high levels of democracy in initially non-democratic societies. Mr. Welzel argues that emancipative attitudes motivate mass actions that demonstrate people’s willingness to struggle for democratic achievements, be it to establish democracy when it is denied or to defend it when it is challenged.
Ming Xia, professor of political science, City University of New York, published The People’s Congresses and Governance in China (Routledge, 2007), which portrays an innovative pattern of legislative http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 8 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
development, sums up pragmatic local strategies for market creation, and identifies multiple dynamics for promoting accountability and democracy. Based upon a case study of provincial legislatures, Mr. Xia reveals the formation of a new mode of governance in China’s national politics: the network structure featuring institutional arrangements and the cooperation-through-competition pattern of interaction abided by the major power players.
Mr. Xia also published “Organizational Formations of Organized Crime in China: Perspectives from the State, Markets, and Networks” in the February 2008 Journal of Contemporary China, in which he offers a classification of organizational formations of organized crime in today’s China.
5. PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers Section member Andreas Schedler has issued a call for papers for the 2008 Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, which will be hosted in Rennes, France on April 11-16, 2008. The theme of this year’s workshop is “The Numbers We Use, The World We See: Evaluating Cross-National Datasets in Comparative Politics.”
The primary goal of the workshop is to evaluate critically, as well as constructively, some of the major cross-national datasets that are used in the field of comparative political science. Authors will assess the strengths and weaknesses of these datasets and shall discuss the empirical and theoretical implications these strengths and limitations carry for the study of politics. Proposals for papers on this topic should be submitted to both conveners: Cas Mudde ([email protected]) and Andreas Schedler ([email protected]). For more information on the 2008 Joint Sessions of Workshops, see www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/jointsessions/rennes/index.aspx.
Master’s Degree Program in Democracy and Democratization at University College London The Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy at University College London offers a master’s degree program in democracy and democratization. The program focuses on the design and operation of democratic institutions in old and new democracies. More information about the program is available here or by writing to Sherrill Stroschein ([email protected]).
Call for Applications: M.A. Program in Democracy and Governance Georgetown University’s Democracy and Governance program is seeking applications for its M.A. program for the fall 2008. Complete applications must include a CV or resume, official copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (if applicable), a state of purpose, an academic writing sample, three letters of recommendation, the application fee, and the appropriate Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences admissions forms. More information about the program is available here. Interested applicants can apply online. Deadline for applications is February 15, 2008.
6. RECENT CONFERENCES
The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies held its 39th National Convention on November 15-18, 2007 in New Orleans. Panel topics included “Political Culture and Post- Soviet Elites,’ “Democratic Values in Central and Southeastern Europe,” “Managing Political Society in Russia,” and “The Orange Revolution in Retrospect.” The final program is available here.
The Middle East Studies Association’s annual meeting was held on November 17-20, 2007, in Montreal. Panel topics included “Participation and Protest in the Middle East,” “Enduring Authoritarian or Democratization from Below,” “Political Parties in Transformation,” and “Islamist Movements and Parliamentary Elections in the Arab World,” and many other panels on Middle Eastern history, politics, religion, and culture. The final program is available here.
On April 3-6, 2008, the Association for Asian Studies held its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Topics covered included “Formal Political Institutions and India’s Democracy,” “Democracy, Anti- Democracy: People’s Politics in the Global South,” and “The Role of Civil Society in South Korea’s Citizen-Centered Democracy.” The final program and registration information are available here.
7. FUTURE CONFERENCES
The International Studies Association will hold its 49th annual convention on March 26-29, 2008, in San Francisco, California. The theme of this year’s conference is “Bridging Multiple Divides” and scheduled democracy-related panels include “Regional Integration and Illiberal Democracy: Mexico’s Dilemma,” “Truth, Democracy, and Justice for All? Routes and Reflections on Transitional Justice,” “Non- Traditional Security and Regionalism in Southeast Asia: Does Democracy Matter?,” and “From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Role of Strategic Nonviolent Movements.” A 610-page preliminary program is available here.
On April 1-3, 2008, the Political Studies Association will hold its 58th annual conference on “Democracy, Governance, and Conflict: Dilemmas of Theory and Practice” at Swansea University. Scheduled panels include “Democracy in Southern Europe and Institutional Adaptation,” “EU Eastern Enlargement, Democracy, and Governance,” “Institutionalizing Deliberative Democracy, and “Party Models and Party Organization.” More information about the conference, including a preliminary program, can be found here.
On April 3-6, 2008, the Association for Asian Studies will hold its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Scheduled topics included in the array of 223 panels include “Formal Political Institutions and India’s Democracy,” Democracy, Anti-democracy: People’s Politics in the Global South,” and “Politics in Post-democracy Taiwan.” A preliminary program and registration information is available here.
8. NEW RESEARCH
Journal of Democracy The January 2008 (Volume 19, no. 1) issue of the Journal of Democracy features clusters of articles on the Democracy Barometers and the Moroccan elections, as well as individual articles on Turkey, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and the Philippines. The full texts of selected articles and the tables of contents of all issues are available on the Journal’s Web site.
“Taming Extremist Parties: Lessons from Europe” by Sheri Berman The history of twentieth-century European communist parties shows that extremists can be moderated by robust democratic institutions. Without them, however, the inclusion of extremist parties may undermine democracy.
Morocco’s Elections I. “The Limits of Limited Reforms” by Michael McFaul and Tamara Cofman Wittes The program of carefully controlled reform-from-above that King Mohamed VI began almost a decade ago may now have reached an impasse amid signs of growing disaffection.
II. “Islamists, Technocrats, and the Palace” by Mohamed Tozy Morocco is a country with a “defused” political game: Elections do not play their usual role in democracies of allowing citizens to choose among competing agendas for policy and governance.
III. “A Dynamic Civil Society” by Driss Khrouz Since the 1990s, Moroccan civil society groups have been proliferating, and they are increasingly influential in addressing society-wide matters including the rights of women, ethnic minorities, and the poor.
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things that did not happen: The Islamists did not win, and many citizens either did not vote or spoiled their ballots.
“Turkey Divided” by Zeyno Baran Events surrounding Turkey’s 2007 elections reveal a country with a vibrantly democratic political sphere and a society badly split over the role of Islam in national life.
“Sierra Leone: A Vote for Better Governance” by Christopher Wyrod Five years after the close of a horrifying civil war, Sierra Leone held the freest election in its history. Voters turned out the party that had overseen the war’s end, blaming it for having mishandled governance since then.
The Democracy Barometers (Part II) I. “Surveying South Asia” by Peter R. deSouza, Suhas Palshikar, and Yogendra Yadav While the people of South Asia---especially those with higher levels of education and exposure to the media---prefer democracy to authoritarianism, they are willing to relax some of the requirements of liberal democracy.
II. “Attitudes in the Arab World” by Amaney Jamal and Mark Tessler Findings from the Arab Barometer say little about whether there are likely to be transitions to democracy in the Arab world in the years ahead, but they do offer evidence that citizens’ attitudes and values are not the reason that authoritarianism has persisted.
III. “Latin America’s Diversity of Views” by Marta Lagos Attitudes toward democracy in Latin America vary from country to country, and within countries between left and right. Public opinion is strongly affected by the success or failure of political leaders in delivering social and economic change.
“The Role of Ordinary People in Democratization” by Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart In order for a country to move beyond mere electoral democracy, ordinary people must acquire resources and values that allow them to pressure elites. Human empowerment is essential for the development of “effective democracy.”
“The Arroyo Imbroglio in the Philippines” by Paul D. Hutchcroft Asia’s oldest democracy is sinking into a morass of corruption and scandal. The Philippines’ president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, continues to undermine the country’s democratic institutions in order to remain in power.
“Senegal: The Return of Personalism” by Penda Mbow Senegal’s 2000 presidential election marked the end of forty years of one-party rule. But the reign of President Wade has been a severe disappointment, dashing hopes for democratic consolidation.
Democratization The December 2007 (Volume 14, no. 5) Democratization includes articles on political regimes in Southeast Asia, hybrid regimes in Southeast Asia, as well as case studies of Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Malaysia.
“New Trajectories for Political Regimes in Southeast Asia” by Kanishka Jayasuriya and Garry Rodan
“Beyond Hybrid Regimes: More Participation, Less Contestation in Southeast Asia” by Kanishka Jayasuriya and Garry Rodan
“The Technocratic Politics of Administrative Participation: Case Studies of Singapore and Vietnam” by Garry Rodan and Kanishka Jayasuriya
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“Transnational Networks, International Organizations, and Political Participation in Cambodia: Human Rights, Labour Rights and Common Rights” by Caroline Hughes
“The ‘Disallowed’ Political Participation of Manila’s Urban Poor” by Jane Hutchison
“The Localization of Power in Southeast Asia” by Vedi R. Hadiz
“Media in Malaysia: Zone of Contention” by Cherian George
“Political Culturalism, Representation and the People’s Action Party of Singapore” by Chua Beng Huat
“Constitutions, Regimes, and Power in Thailand” by Kevin Hewison
SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES ON DEMOCRACY
This section features selected articles on democracy that appeared in journals received by the NED’s Democracy Resource Center, October 1–January 18.
African Affairs, Vol. 106, no. 425, October 2007 “Property and Constitutional Order: Land Tenure Reform and the Future of the African State” by Catherine Boone
“Of Cabbages and King Cobra: Populist Politics and Zambia’s 2006 Election” by Miles Larmer and Alastair Fraser
American Political Science Review, Vol. 101, no. 4, November 2007 “Framing Public Opinion in Competitive Democracies” by Dennis Chong and James N. Druckman
“Strikes and Labor Organization in Hybrid Regimes” by Graeme B. Robertson
“Leading the Party: Coordination, Direction, and Communication” by Torun Dewan and David P. Myatt
Arab Insight, Vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 2007 “Is ‘Brotherhood’ with America Possible?” by Khalil al-Anani
“Alone at the Ballot Box: American Rejection of Islamists” by Atef Abou Saif
“The Cold Embrace: U.S. and Islamists in North Africa” by Mohamed el-Ghali
“Islamic Roots of Good Governance” by Mazen Hashern
“Islam and Human Rights: Revisiting the Debate” by Jumana Shehata
“A Response to Western Views of Islamist Movements” by Radwan Ziadah
“Separation of Islam and Political Islam: The Case of Morocco” by Hossam Tarnam
Asian Affairs, Vol. XXXVIII, no. III, November 2007 “Musharraf’s Kashmir Policy” by Owen Bennett-Jones
Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 20, no. 3, September 2007 “The Catholic Contribution to Democratization’s Third Wave: Altruism, Hegemony or Self-Interest?” by John Anderson
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“The International Dimension of Democratization: Testing the Parsimonious Approach” by Anastassia Obydenkova
Central Asian Survey, Vol. 26, no. 2, June 2007 “Authoritarian Politics and Economic Reform in Uzbekistan: Past, Present and Prospects“ by Martin C. Spechler
Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 40, no. 4, December 2007 “Modern at Last? Variety of Weak States in the Post-Soviet World” by Andrei P. Tsygankov
“The Impact of State Weakness on Citizenship: A Case Study of Kyrgyzstan” by Vanessa Ruget and Burul Usmanalieva
“How Putin’s Russia Embraces Authoritarianism: The Case of Yegor Gaidar” by Vladimir Shlapentokh
Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 40, no. 3, September 2007 “Social Shock in Transforming Central and Eastern Europe” by Ivan T. Berend
“Parliamentary Elites as a Democratic Thermometer: Estonia, Lithuania, and Moldova Compared” by William E. Crowther and Irmina Matonyte
“Rose, Orange, and Tulip: The Failed Post-Soviet Revolutions” by Theodor Tudoroiu
“Why Was Democracy Lost in Russia’s Regions? Lessons from Nizhnii Novgorod” by Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 41, no. 1, February 2008 “The Institutional Logic of Welfare Attitudes: How Welfare Regions Influence Public Support” by Christian Albrket Larsen
“National Actors in International Organizations: The Case of the European Commission” by Robert Thomson
“Theories of Policy Diffusion: Social Sector Reform in Brazil” by Natasha Borges Sugiyama
“Are Less-Involved Voters the Key to Win Elections?” by Lorenzo De Sio
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 40, no. 12, December 2007 “Incentives in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: General Election Laws, Candidate Selection Procedures, and Cameral Rules” by Brian F. Crisp
“Electoral Systems and Electoral Misconduct” by Sarah Birch
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 40, no. 11, November 2007 “Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats” by Jennifer Gandhi and Adam Przeworski
“Regime Change and Ethnic Cleavages in Africa” by Daniel N. Poser
“When Is Social Trust a Desirable Outcome?: Examining Levels of Trust in the Arab World” by Amaney Jamal “Democratization and Electoral Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: Is There an ‘Asian Model’ of Democracy?” by Benjamin Reilly
“Semipresidentialism and the Perils of Power-Sharing in Neopatrimonial States” by Linda Kirschke
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“The Enduring Presence of Religion in Chilean Ideological Positionings and Voter Options” by J. Samuel Valenzuela, Timothy R. Scully, and Nicolas Somma
“Negotiating Welfare in Postcommunist States” by Linda Cook
“How Welfare Regimes Generate and Erode Social Capital: The Impact of Underclass Phenomena” by Christian Albrekt Larsen
Current History, Vol. 106, no. 704, December 2007 “After Iraq: Picking up the Pieces” by Peter W. Galbraith
“Tehran Gambles to Survive” by Sanam Vakil
Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 59, no. 8, December 2007 “The Struggle for Press Freedom in Russia: Reflections of a Russian Journalist” by Nadezhda Azghikhina
“The New General Election in Russia: What Role for the Media?” by Daphne Skillen
“The Neo-Soviet Model of the Media” by Sarah Oates
“Romania’s Travails with Democracy and Accession to the European Union” by Monica Ciobanu
Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 59, no. 6, September 2007 “The Growing Litigiousness of Czech Elections” by Kieran Williams
“Who Do You Trust? Ethnicity and Trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina” by Peter Hakansson and Fredrik Sjoholm “Slovakia’s Neoliberal Turn” by Sharon Fisher, John Gould, and Tim Haughton
“Prospects for Managed Democracy in Russia” by Stephen K. Wegren and Andrew Konitzer
Foreign Affairs, Vol. 87, no. 1, January/February 2008 “The Myth of the Authoritarian Model” by Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss
“The Costs of Containing Iran” by Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
“Europe’s Eastern Promise” by Ronald D. Asmus
Foreign Affairs, Vol. 86, no. 6, November/December 2007 “Losing Russia” by Dimitri K. Simes
Government and Opposition, Vol. 42, no. 4, Autumn 2007 “Non-Governmental Organizations as Motors of Change” by Cornelia Beyer
“Electoral System Reform in Democracy’s Grey Zone: Lessons from Putin’s Russia” by Bryon Moraski
Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 29, no. 4, November 2007 “The Solzhenitsyn Effect: East European Dissidents and the Demise of the Revolutionary Privilege” by Robert Gabor Horvath
“Democracy and Dirty Wars in Spain” by Omar Encarnacion
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 23, no. 3, September 2007 “The European Union in the Russian Press” by Nikolay Kaveshnikov
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Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 7, no. 3, September/December 2007 “Transformation of Japan’s Civil Society Landscape” by Mary Alice Haddad
“Democratization and the US-South Korean Alliance” by Dong Sun Lee
Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 45, no. 4, December 2007 “Voting for an Ethnic Identity: Procedural and Institutional Responses to Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia” by Lahra Smith
Middle East Policy, Vol. XIV, no. 4, Winter 2007 “Divergent Democratization: The Paths of Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania” by Dafna Hochman
“The Dialectics of Political Islam in North Africa” by Clement M. Henry
“Civil-Military Relations in North Africa” by David S. Sorenson
“Women in the Maghreb: Civil Society’s Actors or Political Instruments?” by Louisa Dris-Ait- Hamadouche
“Corruption in Morocco: Old Forces, New Dynamics and a Way Forward” by Guilain P. Denoeux
Orbis, Vol. 52, no. 1, Winter 2008 “Must Democracy Continue to Retreat in Postcommunist Europe and Eurasia?” by Adrian A. Basora
“The Tasks of Democratic Transition and Transferability” by Valerie Bunce
“Ukraine: Lessons Learned from Other Postcommunist Transitions” by Mykola Riabchuk
“U.S. Bases and Democratization in Central Asia” by Alexander Cooley
“Lessons from Democratic Transitions: Case Studies from Asia” by Tom Ginsburg
“Can Outsiders Bring Democracy to Post-Conflict States?” by John R. Schmidt
Orbis, Vol. 51, no. 4, Fall 2007 “U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America: Time for a Change” by Joseph Figueiredo
“The Rise and Fall of Christian Democracy in Europe” by Paul Gottfried
Party Politics, Vol. 13, no. 6, November 2007 “Electoral Systems, Party Systems: Lijphart and Beyond” by Adriano Pappalardo
“Divided Government in Taiwan’s Local Politics: Public Evaluations of City/County Government Performance” by Chung-li Wu and Chi Huang
Party Politics, Vol. 13, no. 5, September 2007 “Duverger’s Law and the Size of the Indian Party System” by Rekha Diwakar
“Legitimating European Union Accession? Political Elites and Public Opinion in Latvia, 2003-2004” by Geoffrey Pridham
“Electoral Support for Islamic Parties in the Middle East and North Africa” by Carlos Garcia-Rivero and Hennie Kotze
Policy Review, No. 146, December 2007/January 2008 “A Moral Core for U.S. Foreign Policy” by Derek Chollet and Tod Linberg http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 15 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
The SAIS Review of International Affairs, Vol. XXVII, no. 2, Summer/Fall 2007 “Liberation from Constitutional Constraints: Land Reform in Zimbabwe” by Norma Kriger
World Policy Journal, Vol. XXIV, no. 3, Fall 2007 “Deciphering Turkey’s Elections: The Making of a Revolution” by Henri J. Barkey and Yasemin Congar
SELECTED NEW BOOKS ON DEMOCRACY
ADVANCED DEMOCRACIES America’s Three Regimes: A New Political History. By Morton Keller. Oxford University Press, 2007. 384 pp.
The Architecture of Democracy: American Architecture and the Legacy of the Revolution. By Allan Greenberg. Rizzoli International Publications, 2006. 203 pp.
Campaign Advertising and American Democracy. By Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freeman, Kenneth M. Goldstein, and Travis N. Ridout. Temple University Press, 2007. 197 pp.
The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America’s Founding Document. By Andrew E. Busch. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 317 pp.
Does American Democracy Still Work? By Alan Wolfe. Yale University Press, 2007. 224 pp.
The Future of Conservatism: Conflict and Consensus in the Post-Reagan Era. Edited by Charles W. Dunn. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2007. 250 pp.
Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate. By Ronald Dworkin. Princeton University Press, 2006. 177 pp.
Leading Representatives: The Agency of Leaders in the Politics of the U.S. House. By Randall Strahan. John Hopkins University Press, 2007. 238 pp.
The Melodramatic Thread: Spectacle and Political Culture in Modern France. By James R. Lehning. Indiana University Press, 2007. 180 pp.
AFRICA Challenges of Conflict, Democracy, and Development in Africa. Edited by Khabele Matlosa, Jørgen Elklit, and Bertha Chiroro. EISA, 2007. 377 pp.
ASIA Capitalism without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China. By Kellee S. Tsai. Cornell University Press, 2007. 272 pp.
Charting China’s Future: Political, Social, and International Dimensions. Edited by Jae Ho Chung. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 232 pp.
Chinese Cyber Nationalism: Evolution, Characteristics, and Implications. By Xu Wu. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 280 pp.
The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India’s Future. By Martha C. Nussbaum. Harvard University Press, 2007. 432pp.
Contentious Politics and Democratization in Nepal. Edited by Mahendra Lawoti. Sage Publications, http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 16 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
2007. 348 pp.
India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy. By Ramachandra Guha. HarperCollins, 2007. 893 pp.
Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. By Suzanne Pepper. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 458 pp.
The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea. By Namhee Lee. Cornell University Press, 2007. 349 pp.
Pacific Asia in Quest of Democracy. By Roland Rich. Lynne Rienner, 2007. 332 pp.
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Complications: Communism and the Dilemmas of Democracy. By Claude Lefort and Julian Bourg. Columbia University Press, 2007. 237 pp.
Developments in Central and East European Politics. Edited by Stephen White, Judy Batt, and Paul G. Lewis. Duke University Press, 2007. 336 pp.
Getting Russia Right. By Dmitri V. Trenin. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007. 132 pp.
How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. By Anders Åslund. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 356 pp.
Postcommunist Welfare States: Reform Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. by Linda J. Cook. Cornell University Press, 2007. 272 pp.
The Prospects of Liberal Nationalism in Post-Leninist States. By Cheng Chen. Penn State University Press, 2007. 264 pp.
Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania. By Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu. Oxford University Press, 2007. 270 pp.
Russia—Lost in Transition: The Yeltsin and Putin Legacies. By Lilia Shevtsova. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007. 128 pp.
Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed. by Anders Åslund. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007. 356 pp.
Seven Years That Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective. By Archie Brown. Oxford University Press, 2007. 350 pp.
Turning Points in Ending the Cold War. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner. Hoover Institution Press, 2007. 332 pp.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Bounded Rationality and Policy Diffusion: Social Sector Reform in Latin America. By Kurt Weyland. Princeton University Press, 2007. 312 pp.
Nations of Emigrants: Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in El Salvador and the United States. By Susan Bibler Coutin. Cornell University Press, 2007. 263 pp.
Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights in Colombia. Edited by Christopher Welna and Gustavo http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 17 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
Gallon. University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. 455 pp.
Politicians and Politics in Latin America. Edited by Manuel Alcantara Saez. Lynne Rienner, 2008. 322 pp.
Promoting Democracy in the Americas. Edited by Thomas Legler, Sharon F. Lean, and Dexter S. Boniface. John Hopkins University Press, 2007. 338 pp.
Varieties of Liberalism in Central America: Nation-States as Works in Progress. By Forrest D. Colburn and Arturo Cruz S. University of Texas Press, 2007. 128 pp.
MIDDLE EAST Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn. By Asef Bayat. Stanford University Press, 2007. 291 pp.
Unity in Diversity: Interfaith Dialogue in the Middle East. By Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Amal I. Khoury, and Emily Welty. U.S. Institute of Peace, 2007. 285 pp.
COMPARATIVE, THEORETICAL, GENERAL Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization. By Jason Brownlee. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 264 pp.
Beautiful Democracy: Aesthetics and Anarchy in a Global Era. By Russ Castronovo. University of Chicago Press, 2007. 287 pp.
Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies. Edited by Matthias Koenig and Paul de Guchteneire. UNESCO, 2007. 308 pp.
Democracy in a Global World: Human Rights and Political Participation in the 21st Century. Edited by Deen K. Chatterjee. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 240 pp.
Democracy Past and Future. By Pierre Rosanvallon. Columbia University Press, 2006. 294 pp.
Democracy: Problems and Perspectives. By Roland Axtmann. Edinburgh University Press, 2007. 266 pp.
Democracy’s Empire: Sovereignty, Law, and Violence. Edited by Stewart Motha. Blackwell, 2007. 162 pp.
Democratic Capitalism and Its Discontents. By Brian C. Anderson. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2007. 225 pp.
Democratization: The State of the Art (2nd revised and updated edition). Edited by Dirk Berg- Schlosser. Barbara Budrich, 2007. 160 pp.
Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design. By Marcia Lausen. University of Chicago Press, 2007. 192 pp.
Dissonances: Democratic Critiques of Democracy. By Guillermo O’Donnell. University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. 179 pp.
Empire. By Alejandro Colas. Polity, 2007. 233 pp.
Friends Indeed: The United Nations, Groups of Friends, and the Resolution of Conflict. By Theresa Whitfield. U.S. Institute of Peace, 2007. 428 pp. http://www.compdem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jan08.html Page 18 of 19 APSA Comparative Democratisation Section 2017-11-29, 18 05
Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty: Oil Politics in Iran and Indonesia. By Benjamin Smith. Cornell University Press, 2007. 243 pp.
The Hidden History of the Secret Ballot. Edited by Romain Bertrand, Jean-Louis Briquet, and Peter Pels. Indiana University Press, 2007. 256 pp.
Humanitarian Intervention: Ideas in Action. By Thomas G. Weiss. Polity, 2007. 196 pp.
Identities, Affiliations, and Allegiances. Edited by Seyla Benhabib, Ian Shapiro, and Danilo Petranovic. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 424 pp.
Legal Pragmatism: Community, Rights, and Democracy. By Michael Sullivan. Indiana University Press, 2007. 159 pp.
Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice: Volume I: Model Criminal Code. Edited by Vivienne O’Connor and Colette Rausch. U.S. Institute of Peace, 2007. 472 pp.
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies. By Bryan Douglas Caplan. Princeton University Press, 2007. 280 pp.
National Security and Human Rights: Democracies Debate Counterterrorism. Edited by Alison Brysk and Gershon Shafir. University of California Press, 2007. 245 pp.
Political Reason in the Age of Ideology: Essays in Honor of Raymond Aron. Edited by Bryan Paul-Frost and Daniel J. Mahoney. Transaction Publishers, 2007. 321 pp.
The Politics of Economic Leadership: the Causes and Consequences of Presidential Leadership. By B. Dan Wood. Princeton University Press, 2007. 203 pp.
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe. By Cas Mudde. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 385 pp.
Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. By Jacques Semelin. Columbia University Press, 2007. 352 pp.
Savage Century: Back to Barbarism. By Therese Delpech. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2007. 232 pp.
State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, Occupation, and Annexation. By Tanisha M. Fazal. Princeton University Press, 2007. 296 pp.
When Parties Prosper: The Uses of Electoral Success. Edited by Kay Lawson and Peter H. Merkl. Lynne Rienner, 2007. 365 pp.
Where Nation-States Come From: Institutional Change in the Age of Nationalism. By Philip G. Roeder. Princeton University Press, 2007. 417 pp.
Why Dominant Parties Lose: Mexico’s Democratization in Comparative Perspective. By Kenneth F. Greene. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 350 pp.
Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work. By Gerry Stoker. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 240 pp.
The World Community and the “Other” Terrorism. By Bertil Duner. Lexington Books, 2007. 139 pp.
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