Boundary Control
Subnational Authoritarianism in Democratic Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6411005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Leigh Gibson (0000-0002-9789-7429, Northwestern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-132 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/wp.2006.0018 |
| OpenAlex | W2140410668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 248 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article considers the political situation of an authoritarian province in a nationally democratic country. The objective is to uncover strategies that incumbents (in this article, governors) pursue to perpetuate provincial authoritarian regimes, as well as dynamics that can undermine such regimes. A central insight is that controlling the scope of provincial conflict (that is, the extent to which it is localized or nationalized) is a major objective of incumbents and oppositions in struggles over local democratization. Authoritarian incumbents will thus pursue “boundary control” strategies, which are played out in multiple arenas of a national territorial system. The articlefleshesout these processes via comparative analysis of two conflicts over subnational democratization in 2004: the state of Oaxaca in Mexico and the province of Santiago del Estero in Argentina
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| Unique citing works | 248 |
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| Citations per year | 12,4 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 247 |