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A Geopolitical Approach Toward Deficit and Non-Growth of Democracy in The Middle East [Case Study: Iran and Saudi Arabia]
Geopolitics Quarterly. 2021. Vol. 15. No. 4. P. 234–263.
Afzali R., Mirzadeh Koohshahi M., Mahmoodi A., Seyedi Asl S.
It is argued in this paper that the non-formation or non-growth of democracy in the Middle East is related to geopolitical centrality. The network analysis of Iran and Saudi Arabia in terms of geopolitical centrality indicates that the high geopolitical centrality of these two countries in the existing geopolitical sub-networks at this region is one of the important barriers against realization and promotion of democracy. In Iran before 1979 Revolution, its high centrality under geopolitical sub-networks of security and the west and also after the 1979 Revolution, its high centrality in several ideological sub-networks have made slower Liberal democratic growth in this region.in contrast In Saudi Arabia, high centrality of this country since 1980s in ideological sub-networks and its role in geopolitical sub-networks of west and security on three past decades has hindered formation of Liberal democracy in this country..
Titkov A. S., Социологическое обозрение 2021 Т. 20 № 1 С. 262–289
The article continues the discussion of Grigory Yudin’s book 'Public Opinion'. The review considers Yudin’s arguments on the “plebiscitarian bias” in opinion-poll technology, on the linkages between opinion-polls, Rousseauist tradition and the “plebiscitarian model”, and on Gallup’s, Schumpeter’s, and Weber’s contributions to plebiscitarism. In the context of the proposed conceptual model, controversial issues in the interpretation of Weber’s and ...
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Medushevsky A. N., Liberal.ru 2026
The Liberal Mission Foundation continues to introduce readers to new concepts of democracy and relevant publications. This discussion focuses on the challenges facing democracy in the era of globalization, as addressed in two recent books: *The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies* by S.C. Stokes (2025) and *Critical Theories and the Postsocialist Challenge: Race, ...
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Balashov D., Антиномии 2026 Т. 26 № 1 С. 27–48
The movement of effective altruism, which emerged at the beginning of the 21st century, represents a new form of utilitarian philosophy that has had a significant impact on Anglo-American philosophical thought in the 19th and 20th centuries. A key feature of effective altruism is its emphasis on practicality. The movement positions itself as an entity ...
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Royce D. P., Mezhdunarodnye Protsessy 2026 Vol. 23 No. 3 P. 41–63
Although studies have already found Freedom House’s* Freedom in the World rankings to be geopolitically biased, the index remains in use by academia (including Russian academia) with surprising frequency. This article provides detailed and quantitative evidence that Freedom House* is essentially part of the US Government and US political establishment, and is thus in principle liable ...
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Dmitriev T., Социологическое обозрение 2024 Т. 23 № 2 С. 231–259
Based on the analysis of Machiavelli’s political writings such as “Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius”, “The Prince” and “The History of Florence”, the article shows that attempts made repeatedly over the past few decades by such scholars as Tony Negri, John McCormick, Agnes Heller, Claude Lefort and Pierre Manent to declare Machiavelli ...
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Мухаев Р. Т., Zhdanov A., М.: НИЦ Инфра-М, 2023.
The mobility of political changes and the multiplicity of determinants that determine their course make them a rather difficult object to study. Moreover, the process of uncontrolled changes (political revolutions) is unpredictable when a society moves from one type of development and political system to another. This happened in the 90s of the XX century ...
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Melville A. Y., Политическая наука 2024 № 2 С. 16–36
This article deals with some new theoretical and methodological
challenges for contemporary political science to wait for consideration. These
challenges are ontological and epistemological; on the one hand, they derive from the
objective dynamics the political, economic and social reality and, on the other hand,
from the emerging dilemmas of political science itself. The first type of challenges
comprises the ...
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Maksim Kostin, Korotayev A., Comparative Sociology 2024 Vol. 23 No. 2 P. 240–278
USAID democracy promotion programs might not only influence the democracy levels, but also increase the likelihood of revolutionary uprisings in the recipient states. Democracy promotion can strengthen political opponents of the incumbent regime via support for alternative media, civil society groups and political parties, on one hand, and, on the other, support democratic institutions that ...
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Andrey Korotayev, Andrew Zhdanov, Leonid Grinin et al., Cross-Cultural Research 2025 Vol. 59 No. 2 P. 180–215
In this article, we analyze an inverted U-shaped relationship between the type of regime (on the autocracy-democracy scale) and the risks of revolutionary destabilization. Anocracies tend to be more vulnerable to revolutionary destabilization than full autocracies or full (consolidated) democracies. We also point to a strong positive association between the weakening of autocracies and the ...
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Volkov P., СПб.: Издательство РХГА, 2023.
В книгу вошли статьи участников проекта «ЛДНР и освобождаемые территории в едином российском культурно-цивилизационном поле» (Народный университет им. Д. Дугиной), а также избранные эссе студентов из Новороссии, написанные по итогам прослушивания лекций, организованных в процессе
реализации проекта. В фокусе внимания этого сборника оказывается четыре большие области: философия, идеология, образование и культура современной России. Авторы философского блока ...
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Малашенко А. В., Nisnevich Y. A., Мировая экономика и международные отношения 2023 Т. 67 № 8 С. 95–109
The democratic trend in the Muslim world is very difficult and contradictory. Its particularities need to be correctly studied what gives an opportunity to present suggestions about perspectives of democracy in Muslim states and societies. The Muslim world itself is composed of 47 states in which the majority consists of muslims added to them some ...
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Suzdaltsev A., , in: The Presidentialization of Political Parties in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.: Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. P. 117–168.
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Ustyuzhanin V., Korotayev A., Comparative Sociology 2023 Vol. 22 No. 1 P. 95–137
In recent years, the question of what form a revolutionary uprising will take – armed or unarmed – has been raised more often. This is because, as shown by numerous studies, revolutionary nonviolence can explain why an uprising fails or succeeds to lead to democracy. In the recent decades the likelihood of revolution being nonviolent appears to ...
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Зорилэ Д. В., Наука, технологии и образование: проблемы а\взаимодействия и интеграции. 2020 С. 89–97
The article deals with the key points of approaches of two representatives of the German juditiary thought of the 1-d part of the XX sentury Ernst Freankel and Carl Schmidt in the field of state law and theory of law. Those approaches reflected some political moves during a crutial period of the German history and influenced ...
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Андрей Коротаев, Леонид Гринин, Илья Медведев et al., Социологическое обозрение 2022 Т. 21 № 2 С. 9–65
Проведенное исследование показывает наличие общей перевернутой U-образной зависимости между типами режима (ранжированными по степени их авторитарности–демократичности) и уровнем рисков революционной дестабилизации: анократиям (частичным автократиям и частичным демократиям) свойственен заметно более высокий уровень рисков революционной дестабилизации, чем полным автократиям или полностью (консолидированным) демократиям. Отметим также, что и внутри полных автократий прослеживается достаточно выраженная положительная корреляция между ...
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Smorchkov A., Федорченко С. Н., Шкаренков П. П., Новый исторический вестник 2021 № 4(70) С. 113–126
The article continues the comparative analysis of ancient and contemporary technologies of the legitimation of political power on the example of the Roman Republic and current democracies. To compare legitimation practices, three stages were identified: electoral, intermediate, and investitive. This article discusses the latter two stages. The analysis showed that rational measures designed to ensure ...
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Aleksandrova E., В кн.: НАРОДОВЛАСТИЕ КАК КОНСТИТУЦИОННАЯ ЦЕННОСТЬ: ПРАВОВОЕ РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЕ И ГАРАНТИИ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ.: М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2021. Гл. 5.1 С. 203–211.
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Dabrowski M., , in: The Ambivalence of Power in the Twenty-First Century Economy: Cases from Russia and beyond.: L.: UCL Press, 2022. Ch. 2 P. 14–35.
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Ustyuzhanin V., Korotayev A., / Series "social sciences & humanities". 2022.
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