India, the world’s most populous country, is due to hold a general election by mid-2024 that is likely to bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party a third consecutive term. FILE - A man reads a Bangladeshi newspa...
Compared to the 'European' (welfare) state with its moderate tax-based redistribution, many Latin American countries have cycled between right-wing governments pursuing radical privatization and left-wing governments pursuing nationalization of many sectors. Why do we see these cycles with seemingly ...
Today the country is a democratic republic with universal suffrage, with separate executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal government. Beginning in the 1960s, Colombia’s governments experienced varying degrees of conflict with leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitary groups, most...
Far-right nationalists have entrenched themselves in coalition governments across the EU, wielding significant influence in Hungary, Italy and Austria. The fallout from the Belgian election saw the resignation of liberal Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, signaling a shift towards right-wing dominance. ...
A United Nations-commissioned panel that examined Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war charted extensive human-rights violations, most carried out by right-wing governments backed by the United States. The panel found more than 200,000 people had been killed during that period – the overwhelming ...
During times of domestic or foreign crisis, even most constitutional governments have conferredemergency powerson the chiefexecutive, and in some notable cases this provided the opportunity for duly elected leaders to overthrowdemocracyand rule dictatorially thereafter. The proclamation ofemergency rule, for...
Military dictatorships were especially prevalent during the Cold War, sometimes gaining and keeping power with the support of the United States, which backed these governments in an attempt to keep communism from taking root. U.S. support for military dictatorships included training Latin American mi...
His proposals initially attracted widespread popular support but, influenced by an aggressive political campaign by an increasingly right wing Republican Party, and especially the new Tea Party movement, popular support has rapidly ebbed. However, contrary to what many neoliberal commentators believed, the...
Globalization, the Welfare State and Right-wing Populism in Western Europe We outline and test the argument that globalization contributes to the electoral success of the new far right in Western Europe. We also draw on the theory... Swank,D. - Socio-Economic Review 被引量: 601发表: 2003年...
A businessman with strong ties to the ruling right-wing party, Barrera was not considered to be “pro-environment” when he was appointed. However, Barrera did agree to attend the June 2006 University of Central America gathering of around 500 people mentioned earlier. According to first-hand ...