How do non-democratic governments engage citizens in policy-making? Introducing ‘participatory authoritarianism’
Catherine Owen discusses her new article published in the October 2020 issue of the BISA journal Review of International Studies. […]
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China’s Overseas Investments and the Coronavirus Crisis: Towards Benevolence or Profit?
This post originally appeared at https://pandemipolitics.net/uncategorized/owen The last week of March was a big day for economic news. While the […]
A Tale of Two Recycling Initiatives: State, Society and Waste Management in St Petersburg and Shanghai
This article first appeared on the Foreign Policy Centre website at the following link:https://fpc.org.uk/a-tale-of-two-recycling-initiatives-state-society-and-waste-management-in-st-petersburg-and-shanghai/ Its 7pm on a summery evening […]
Hui Muslims in China’s ‘Little Mecca’: Fusing Islamic and Han Practices
This article was originally published on the Foreign Policy Centre website on 14 March 2019: https://fpc.org.uk/hui-muslims-in-chinas-little-mecca-fusing-islamic-and-han-practices There has been much […]
The China – US Trade War and the Future of the Liberal Economic Order
The topic on every internationally minded Chinese person’s lips when in conversation with a Westerner appears to be the US-China […]
Becoming ‘Active Citizens’ in the post-Soviet Space
Catherine Owen How do local governments in post-Soviet societies promote active citizenship? Why is this form of political […]
State Transformation and Authoritarian Governance: The Emergence of Participatory Authoritarianism?
This article first appeared on the Foreign Policy Centre website: fpc.org.uk/state-transformation-and-authoritarian-governance-the-emergence-of-participatory-authoritarianism It is commonly assumed that authoritarian governments do not wish […]
Round Table on Eurasian Integration brings together scholars and policy-makers in St Petersburg
On 31st May and 1st June, Dr David Lewis and Dr Catherine Owen organised and presented at an international round […]
Workshop Report: New Perspectives on Conflict, Security and Peace in Eurasia
Between 3rd and 5th June, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosted an international conference organised jointly with UK-based researchers working […]
Everyday Corruption in the Bishkek-Moscow Train
By Catherine Owen In the last four years, I have twice had the privilege of travelling by train from Bishkek […]
Call for Proposals: New Perspectives on Conflict, Security and Peace in Eurasia: A Two-Day Workshop
DATE: 3-4 June 2015 VENUE: OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, (in collaboration with the UK Economic and Social Research Council) […]
‘Islam, Secularism and Security in Central Asia and Beyond’, Chatham House
On Thursday 13th and Friday 14th November, John Heathershaw, David Lewis, Gregorio Bettiza and Edward Lemon from the Department of […]