VISUAL RHETORIC OF ‘GUS’ AS POLITICAL IMAGE: ISLAM-NATIONALIST OR COMMODIFYING ISLAM by Aditya Fahmi Nurwahid, Rahmatillah Dwi Putri

“…As a result, this research validates that the PR team used socially mediated images to build images based on “Islamic idealism”, the power of a local strongman, the leadership, and the point of view to legitimize their political position. …”
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How Disinformation on WhatsApp Went From Campaign Weapon to Governmental Propaganda in Brazil by Joao V. S. Ozawa, Samuel C. Woolley, Joseph Straubhaar, Martin J. Riedl, Katie Joseff, Jacob Gursky

“…These findings are discussed in light of ramifications that government-sponsored forms of disinformation might have in other antidemocratic polities marked by strongman populist leadership.…”
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The actual Gujarat model: authoritarianism, capitalism, Hindu nationalism and populism in the time of Modi by Sud, N

“…I show the actual Gujarat model as top-down, favouring big business, and undergirded by violently practiced Hindu nationalism. The cult of the strongman leader-- directly attuned to his people, and above the corruption of politics as usual-- rounds off the authoritarian populist playbook. …”

A loyal base: support for authoritarian regimes in times of crisis by Neundorf, A, Öztürk, A, Northmore-Ball, K, Tertytchnaya, K, Gerschewski, J

“…Does citizen belief in the non-instrumental principles of the political regime, such as strongman leadership, patriotism, or attachment to a charismatic leader, collectively known as normative support, help stabilize authoritarian regimes? …”

Why Do Regimes Arise and Persist? Belarus and the Theory of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson by Andrzej Pieczewski, Aliaksandra Sidarava

“…The Eastern European state of Belarus, a former Soviet republic, is classified as a pure autocracy, and 2024 marks three decades since its strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko came to power. …”
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Protest and Political Change in Ethiopia by Thea Forsén, Kjetil Tronvoll

“…The death of the party’s strongman Meles Zenawi in 2012 created opportunities to challenge political power both from within the coalition and from outside by mobilizing public masses. …”
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“Don’t Fauci My Florida:” Anti-Fauci Memes as Digital Anti-Intellectualism by Andrew Zolides

“…In his prescient book Achieving Our Country, Richard Rorty predicts the rise of a Trump-like strongman built on attacking, among other public figures, “postmodern professors” (1998, p. 90). …”
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Leo Lowenthal’s Legacy: The Relevance and Response of Critical Theory to Authoritarianism, Austerity and Antisemitism Today: An Interview with Martin Jay by Katrin Stoll

“…He makes the point that the strongman/client relationship becomes possible through an internalization of patterns of domination as well as by loyalty and protection. …”
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Tapering and Peaking Maximal Strength for Powerlifting Performance: A Review by S. Kyle Travis, Iñigo Mujika, Jeremy A. Gentles, Michael H. Stone, Caleb D. Bazyler

“…Thus, when working with athletes such as powerlifters, weightlifters, throwers, and strongman competitors, practitioners must use trial and error to determine the best means for peaking rather than using an evidence-based protocol. …”
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Queering Militarism in Israeli Photography by Nissim Gal

“…Through a close reading of key images—such as the fire-breathing soldier, the acrobat on a tightrope, and the strongman figure—this article argues that Nes critiques homonationalism and exposes the co-optation of LGBTQ+ identities into militaristic frameworks. …”
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Service Evaluation of a Boxercise Programme in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting by Alexander Graham, Leah Canning, Meenakshi Lachman

“…Common themes from the pictures shown were smiling faces and ‘strongman' images. Six participants gave feedback that more equipment (pads and gloves) would help to improve their experience in the classes. …”
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Book Reviews by Redactie KITLV

“…Childs)
 
 John Lawrence Tone; War and Genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 (Gillian McGillivray)
 
 Frank Argote-Freyre; Fulgencio Batista: From Revolutionary to Strongman (Javier Figueroa-De Cárdenas)
 
 Juanita de Barros, Audra Diptee, David V. …”
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Perception of the creation of a ‘Muslim state’ in intercepted telephone conversations between the serbian political elite 1991-1992. by Hikmet Karčić

“…Low-ranking figures who performed various political and social tasks such as Todor Dutin, director of the SRNA, Rajko Dukić, president of the SDS Executive Committee and a local strongman in Milići appear in the conversations; Vojo Kuprešanin, member of the Main Board of SDS and a key man in Krajina; Vitomir Žepinić, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Radoslav Brđanin, head of the Autonomous Region of Krajina, Zvonko Bajagić, a prominent member of the SDS in Vlasenica, Gojko Đogo, writer and essayist, a close friend of Karadžić, Momčilo Momo Mandić, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and later wartime Minister of Justice of the so-called „Republic Serbian“,; Trifko Komad, head of Radovan Karadžić's Cabinet and member of the SDS Main Board and many others. …”
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