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2023 – Lobbying the Autocrat<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lobbying the Autocrat: The Dynamics of Policy Advocacy in Nondemocracies<\/b>. Edited with Jessica C. Teets<\/a>. 2023, Ann Arbor,MI:University of Michigan Press.
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Lobbying the Autocrat<\/strong> examines how advocacy groups lobby autocratic governments to achieve favorable policy outcomes, and when and why they are successful. Based on comparative case studies the volume theorizes that three conditions \u2013 access to policy making, information demands, and social control \u2013 structure the dynamics of policy advocacy under authoritarianism.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Despite an exclusive, controlled policy process and use of repression, lobbying by civil society organizations is a widespread phenomenon in authoritarian regimes<\/strong>. The diverse case studies analyzed in this volume identify three conditions originating from the structure of policymaking in authoritarian regimes that shape lobbying throughout all stages of influence production: access to policymaking<\/em>, information demands<\/em>, and social control<\/em>. The resulting style of advocacy is in some ways similar to democratic contexts \u2013 for instance, fostering allies on the inside of the policymaking process, starting advocacy at the local level before scaling up, or changing the framing of an issue will likely prove productive for advocates in either setting. However, the conditions under dictatorship present grim and unique challenges \u2013 for instance, ever-changing policy red lines and endemic repression \u2013 that demand a level of adaptability from advocates not required in democratic contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, authoritarian advocacy systems are simultaneously acutely constrained and surprisingly efficacious<\/strong>, given these constraints. They may not precipitate the same level of responsiveness and representation as democratic group systems; However, within the bounds of the three theorized conditions, adaptive lobbying may still facilitate localized responsiveness and representation \u2013 localized in a geographic, thematic, or temporal sense. This is far from trivial, as it relates to improved governance and potentially improved living conditions for citizens. In addition to expanding our theories of comparative authoritarianism to include society and building on the emerging informational autocracy literature, this volume\u2019s theoretical framework creates a unifying foundation for future research on advocacy inside authoritarian regimes. In fact, scholars may reveal new lines of inquiry by not only adding more cases from authoritarian states, but also by comparing these explicitly to cases drawn from more democratic regimes. Variation in policymaker access, information demands, and patterns of social control might structure influence production more than regime type distinctions. These conditions thus constitute the building blocks of a theoretical framework of lobbying the dictator, focusing on the avenues for future research that may catalyze a new comparative research agenda on policy advocacy under authoritarianism.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Table of Content<\/p>

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  1. Lobbying the Autocrat: A Theoretical Road Map (Max Gr\u00f6mping<\/a> and Jessica C. Teets<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Lobbying Demands of Autocratic and Democratic Leaders: A Comparative Perspective (Marcel Hanegraaff<\/a> and Iskander De Bruycker<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Between Pressure and Patronage: Navigating Legitimacy and No-Go Issues in Montenegro (Sanja Hajdinjak<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Convergence and Divergence in Policy Topics among Think Tanks in China (Reza Hasmath<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Transnational Activism under Autocracy: Environmental Advocacy Groups, Social Media, and Nationalism in Cambodia (Sokphea Young<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Acts of Compliance and Tactful Contention: The Polarized Terrain of Women\u2019s Organizations in Turkey under Authoritarian Pressure (Bilge Yabanc\u0131<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Going Public: When do Human Rights Advocates Pursue Media Strategies? (Max Gr\u00f6mping<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Political Resources and NGO Policy Advocacy Strategies in China (Hui Li<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Policy Advocacy Strategies of Malaysia\u2019s Electoral Reform Movement (Ying Hooi Khoo<\/a> and Carmen Leong<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Post-Soviet Policy Entrepreneurs? The Impact of Nonstate Actors on Social Service Reform in Russia and Belarus (Eleanor Bindman<\/a> and Tatsiana Chulitskaya<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Land Lobbying and Mobilization: Civil and Uncivil Society in the 1990s in Zimbabwe (Kirk Helliker<\/a>, Sandra Bhatasara<\/a>, and Manase Kudzai Chiweshe<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Delivering on Legitimation Claims: Creating Consultative Mechanisms for CSOs in Authoritarian Regimes (Angelo Vito Panaro<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Toward a Theory of Lobbying under Authoritarianism (Max Gr\u00f6mping<\/a> and Jessica C. Teets<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Podcast<\/p>

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    Lowy Institute Conversation with Jennifer Hsu (23 Jun 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n