The Tyranny of Values or the Tyranny of One-Party States? by Kim Lane Scheppele, Gábor Halmai

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Political Legitimacy of Vietnam’s One Party-State: Challenges and Responses by Carlyle A. Thayer

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Political Legitimacy of Vietnam's One PartyState: Challenges and Responses by Carlyle A. Thayer

“…This article focuses on the challenges to the authority of Vietnam's one-party state that emerged in 2009 and state responses. …”
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Reconciliation: A false start in Zimbabwe? (1980-1990) by Aaron Rwodzi

“…The quest for a one-party state that seemed more likely after the co-option of ZAPU and the reasons for failure are also a key aspect of this work.…”
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Tackling COVID-19 : success or failure of China’s governance? by Anwar, Anu

“…China’s centrally controlled one-party state was able to implement unprecedented draconian measures, resulting in new cases declining drastically in contrast to many parts of the world. …”
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Patrons, Parties, Political Linkage and the Birth of Competitive- Authoritarianism in Africa by Cheeseman, N

“…Drawing on Barkan’s analysis, the first part of this article argues that the African one-party state can be usefully viewed as a form of competitiveauthoritarian system, underpinned by a form of political linkage that allowed for elements of coercion and competition. …”

Patrons, parties, political linkage and the birth of competitive-authoritarianism in Africa by Cheeseman, N

“…Drawing on Barkan’s analysis, the first part of this article argues that the African one-party state can be usefully viewed as a competitiveauthoritarian system underpinned by a form of political linkage that allows for elements of coercion and competition. …”

Weaponizing Citizenship in China: Domestic Exclusion and Transnational Expansion by Matthieu Burnay, Eva Pils

“…The paper will therefore not only look at how the One-Party State defines citizenship, uses it as an instrument of repression and population control, but also how citizens themselves can contribute to a new narrative on citizenship and driver of contestation in China. …”
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“É Pena Seres Mulato!”: Ensaio sobre relações raciais by Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro

“…Certain negative stereotypes associated with the figure of the ”mulatto” include, “the mulatto has no national flag” (which dates from the transition to Mozambique’s independence, 1974-75) and “the mulatto is a mechanic or a thief” (which dates from the first half of the 1990s, during the transition from a wartime one-party state to a post-conflict multiparty system). …”
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Preference structure of personal and social goals of the high-schoolers by Kuzmanović Bora, Petrović Nebojša

“…The biggest importance among social goals was given to employment and living standard, and the least to one-party state and finishing of privatization.…”
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Interparty and Intraparty Factionalism in Cambodian Politics by Sorpong Peou

“…Cambodia’s hegemonic party system that emerged after the violent removal of First Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh early in July 1997 has now given way to a one-party state, which still remains prone to tension and instability. …”
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Hybrid regimes of the Western Balkans: Reflection of a global geopolitical struggle by Anđelić Neven

“…While it is possible to determine more than two dominant models, it is a contest between the two forms of democracy - liberal and illiberal. A one-party state, or a Chinese model, is an economic model used for geopolitical purposes while Muslim political model, strongly contested within the Muslim world, is restricted to areas dominated by the population of this faith. …”
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Freedom of Association in Vietnam: A Heretical View by Joe Buckley

“…Vietnam is a one-party state with a single state-led union federation and significant numbers of wildcat strikes. …”
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Ending party cleavage for a better polity: is Kwasi Wiredu’s non-party polity a viable alternative to a party polity?

“…I also wish to show why those who read Wiredu’s position as a return to a one-party state should receive a sympathetic hearing. …”
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Ending party cleavage for a better polity: is Kwasi Wiredu’s non-party polity a viable alternative to a party polity?

“…I also wish to show why those who read Wiredu’s position as a return to a one-party state should receive a sympathetic hearing. …”
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Ethnoregional disparity, ethnoterritoriality and peripheral nationalism: Socioracial dilemmas in contemporary China by Yeoh, Emile Kok Kheng

“…Focusing on the involuted nexus between the challenges posed by central-peripheral conflicts, ethnoterritorial aspirations, income and wealth inequalities and interregional economic disparity exacerbated by the country's "retreat from equality" over the recent decades, the revival of old regionalisms, the creation of new regionalisms brought about by increased local autonomy, as well as the evolving role of the one-party State in the economy and society, this paper proceeds to ponder the pitfalls and prospects of further decentralization and contemplates the feasibility of the road beyond fiscal federalism. …”

‘I am Zambia’s redeemer’: populism and the rise of Michael Sata, 1955-2011 by Sishuwa, S

“…It examines this question through a historical biography of Michael Sata, a political leader in Zambia whose life and career, like those of several other Zambian individual politicians, cut across the main divides in the country’s political history: the late-colonial period (1953-1964), the one-party state (1973-1991) and the era of multiparty democracy (since 1991). …”

The evolution of HIV policy in Vietnam: from punitive control measures to a more rights-based approach by Pham Nguyen Ha, Anastasia Pharris, Nguyen Thanh Huong, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Ruairi Brugha, Anna Thorson

“…Conclusion: Health policy analysis approaches can be applied in a traditional one party state and can demonstrate how similar policy changes take place, as those found in pluralistic societies, but through more top-down and somewhat hidden processes. …”
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Afterword – China: Pandemic and Repression, Biopower and Governmentality by Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

“…It is thus opportune that China’s “mask diplomacy” and the PRC-Taiwan diplomatic tussle in general form the targets of investigation of the first two papers of this journal issue, and further to the focus on the cross-Strait relations in this issue’s beginning section on diplomacy and international relations is a commentary proposing a Taiwan response to political repression in Hong Kong – a central CCP one-party State action through an oppressive national security law for the special administrative region being enforced in earnest by a subservient SAR Chief Executive and her government after the recent pro-democracy fansongzhong (反送中, “anti-extradition-to-China”) protests that rocked the territory, a tumultuous and momentous event covered in detail by the last special focus issue of this journal, For rights and liberty: The anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti-ELAB) protest movement and Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy. …”
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Divergent Paths of Development: The Modern World-System and Democratization in South Africa and Zambia by Stefan Andreasson

“…The 1990s constitute a watershed decade for change in postcolonial Africa as one-party states have crumbled and old authoritarian leaders have stepped down or been removed. …”
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