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Suparna Chaudhry
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Suparna Chaudhry
Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs (paperback)
Author:
Suparna Chaudhry
ISBN:
9789376540556
Binding:
Paperback
Year:
2027
Pages:
258 with 26 charts
Size:
16 x 24 cm
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Civil Societies, Uncivil States
examines why governments around the world have turned against the nongovernmental organizations they once welcomed—and how they choose their methods of repression.In the decades following the Cold War, NGOs became central players in global governance, buoyed by a liberal international order that rewarded states for supporting civil society. That openness proved short-lived. From Russia's foreign agent laws to India's crackdowns on foreign funding, governments increasingly viewed NGOs as threats. Suparna Chaudhry argues that whether governments choose violent crackdowns against NGOs or subtler administrative restrictions depends on two factors: whether an NGO poses long-term risks to state authority, and how visible it is internationally. A state's relationship with the liberal international order shapes which strategy it pursues.Chaudhry's findings show that administrative crackdowns allow states to maintain democratic facades while systematically dismantling infrastructures of accountability. She reveals that, paradoxically, the very successes of transnational advocacy networks in pressuring governments to reform incentivized more sophisticated tools of repression. Unflinching in its analyses,
Civil Societies, Uncivil States
asks us to understand how states are silencing dissent before it is too late.
About the Author
Suparna Chaudhry
Suparna Chaudhry is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College.
Editorial Reviews
“Suparna Chaudhry carefully documents how governments—democracies and autocracies—have erected legal and bureaucratic barriers to repress civil society. Essential reading for scholars and practitioners who want to understand and respond to the strategic dismantling of liberal institutions.”
—Sarah Stroup, Middlebury College
“In this eye-opening study, Chaudhry charts the many ways illiberal regimes suppress pro-democracy organizations, from violent crackdowns on mass protests to administrative harassment that curtails routine, long-term pressure for reform.”
—Jack Snyder, Columbia University
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