The Associational Counter-Revolution: The Spread of Restrictive Civil Society Laws in the World's Strongest Democratic States

Author:   Chrystie Flournoy Swiney
Publisher:   Vernon Press
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Pages:   202
Publication Date:   11 May 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Chrystie Flournoy Swiney
Publisher:   Vernon Press
Imprint:   Vernon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781648894558


ISBN 10:   1648894550
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   11 May 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Governments worldwide are using legal and extra-legal restrictions to limit civil society organizations' (CSOs) organizational autonomy. The conventional approach has studied this concerning global phenomenon in mostly autocratic and non-democratic societies. Those research designs produce many intuitive findings because we expect non-democratic governments to erect and impose illiberal policies. In this brave and refreshing analysis, Chrystie F. Swiney uses a robust legal approach to understand why and to what extent democratic governments-including consolidated democracies such as the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom-enact laws that restrict CSOs' ability to operate autonomously from government control. Swiney uses an interdisciplinary and multi-methodological approach to study consolidated democracies' use of CSO laws from 1990-2018. In so doing, she makes important theoretical and methodological contributions to the little-noticed but enormously consequential global phenomenon that could be fueling the democratic backsliding we are witnessing today. Her work also shows the value of both thoughtful case selection and using primary data to answer big and important research questions. Ideal for scholars, international development practitioners, human rights defenders, and students interested in global or international affairs, The Associational Counter-Revolution is a detailed analysis that provides rich data about government-CSO interactions in an accessible and original manner. Dr. Anthony DeMattee Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Science Foundation Political Science Department, Emory University


"Governments worldwide are using legal and extra-legal restrictions to limit civil society organizations' (CSOs) organizational autonomy. The conventional approach has studied this concerning global phenomenon in mostly autocratic and non-democratic societies. Those research designs produce many intuitive findings because we expect non-democratic governments to erect and impose illiberal policies. In this brave and refreshing analysis, Chrystie F. Swiney uses a robust legal approach to understand why and to what extent democratic governments-including consolidated democracies such as the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom-enact laws that restrict CSOs' ability to operate autonomously from government control. Swiney uses an interdisciplinary and multi-methodological approach to study consolidated democracies' use of CSO laws from 1990-2018. In so doing, she makes important theoretical and methodological contributions to the little-noticed but enormously consequential global phenomenon that could be fueling the democratic backsliding we are witnessing today. Her work also shows the value of both thoughtful case selection and using primary data to answer big and important research questions. Ideal for scholars, international development practitioners, human rights defenders, and students interested in global or international affairs, ""The Associational Counter-Revolution"" is a detailed analysis that provides rich data about government-CSO interactions in an accessible and original manner. Dr. Anthony DeMattee Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Science Foundation Political Science Department, Emory University"


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Chrystie F. Swiney, JD, MPhil, MA, is an international lawyer, political scientist, and scholar of international law, human rights, and comparative law. She holds degrees from Harvard Law School (JD), Georgetown (MA), Oxford University (MPhil), and the College of William and Mary (BA). She currently serves as a legal adviser and Associate Director for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health program at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator. Swiney has held legal positions at the International Center for Not- for-Profit Law (ICNL), the US State Department, and the Constitution Project. She has also served as a Legal Fellow at Georgetown Law Center, Editor-in-Chief of 'Global Trends in NGO Law' (published by ICNL), a Visiting Scholar at the College of William and Mary, and a consulting editor for Oxford University Press. Swiney has published numerous law review articles and co-edited 'The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations', which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. Swiney also frequently publishes in the popular press, and recently authored pieces in the Lancet, 'Washington Post's Monkey Cage', 'The Conversation', the 'Atlantic's CityLab', and 'OpenGlobalRights', among others.

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