Glitching the State: The Mechanics of Resistance in Ricardo Piglia’s La Ciudad Ausente by Henry Osman

“…This is particularly relevant to contemporary Argentina, where the legacy of state violence, particularly forced disappearances and torture during the military junta’s Dirty War (1976-1983), is still being dealt with in the public sphere and in institutions such as the Supreme Court, which last year controversially allowed the early release of hundreds of convicted human rights abuses.…”
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Schooling, Identity, and Nationhood: Karen Mother-Tongue-Based Education in the Thai–Burmese Border Region by Hayso Thako, Tony Waters

“…This led to the forcible closing of Karen-language schools by the military junta beginning in the 1960s and the re-establishment of Karen schooling by the Karen National Union (KNU) in independent self-rule territories, often near the Thai border. …”
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The Mass Media and the Struggle for Democracy in Africa by Christopher Ochanja Ngara, Edward Ndem Esebonu

“…This paper concludes that the struggle by the mass media against the military regime between 1993 and 1999 extensively tarnished the image of the Nigeria military junta and resulted in both international and domestic pressures that eventually forced the military to cede power to a democratically elected government in 1999. …”
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Stories of a failed nation; Sudanese politics 1945–69 by Mihatsch, MA

“…<p>Between 1945 and 1969 the Sudanese achieved independence and overthrew a military junta with a popular uprising. Nevertheless both democratic periods were quickly ended by military coups. …”

Myanmar Media: Legacy and Challenges by Maria Ochwat

“… For nearly fifty years Myanmar was ruled by a military junta. It did not tolerate any criticism, and severely punished anyone who dared to oppose them. …”
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The 'other' side of memory: the survival of pro-regime memorialisation in democratic Chile (1990-2020) by Infante Batiste, V

“…In Chile, these sites either praise the military coup of 11th of September 1973, glorify General Augusto Pinochet’s 17-year dictatorship (1973 – 1990), or celebrate Military Junta members and civil collaborators. Their survival – that is, their maintenance by authorities (city councils, judicial actors) – is a striking phenomenon in a context in which victims’ human rights memorials dominate the public space. …”

Political Parties of Thailand – Examination for Democratic Stability by N. G. ROGOZHINA

“…On the threshold of elections designed to be held in February 2019,  the first after the military junta seized power in 2014, it is important  to define the role of parties in the political process of Thailand, which  as other developing countries of Asia, faces  challenges in democratic state building. …”
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Myanmar’s Coup d’état and the Struggle for Federal Democracy and Inclusive Government by Anna S. King

“…The NUG now opposes the military junta by strategic and peaceful non-cooperation, armed resistance, and international diplomacy. …”
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"Speaking politically, not politics": an Adornian study of "apolitical" twentieth-century fiction by Philippou, E

“…Coetzee; Margarita Karapanou; Michael Ondaatje) whose literature bear the burden of political extremity (respectively, South African apartheid, the 1970s Greek military junta, and the Sri Lankan civil war), and is at loggerheads with the literature of political commitment emerging from each of those situations. …”

El Teatro Nacional Cervantes y Teatro Municipal General San Martín durante la última dictadura militar argentina (1976-1983): sistemas de repertorio y prácticas de dirección escéni... by Eugenio Schcolnicov

“…We will focus on two axes of analysis: the transformations in the repertory systems of both official institutions during the government of the Military Juntas and the selection criteria of the theater directors who were part of their programming during the same period. …”
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