While the discipline of IR has expanded its inquiry into LGBTQ+ politics, it is still missing an
analysis of LGBTQ+ issues in the globalized 'risk society'in which crises are not exceptional …

This article takes a fresh look at nonprofit/government relations in the context of both the
partnership literature on collaboration and the closing space literature on repression …

In this introductory essay for the special issue on contested spaces in liberal democracies,
we review how and to what extent the closing or shrinking space debate that has influenced …

A crackdown on the activities of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has recently swept
the globe. When faced with increased restrictions, how do NGOs respond? We argue there …

Scholarship on autocratisation has investigated the strategies of cooptation and repression
that autocratic and autocratising regimes employ to maintain and enhance their power …

A growing chorus of critics have called upon transnational nongovernmental organizations
(TNGOs) from the Global North to “decolonize” their practices, to “shift the power” to the …

Motivation Across the world, illiberal democracy is on the rise. These majoritarian polities
limit individual rights and undermine protections for minorities. Civil society organizations …

With the global proliferation of the liberal peace agenda, there has been an increase in
attention to the participation of non-governmental organizations (ngo s) in the development …

This open access book contributes to thriving debates in academic as well as professional
circles about the role of civil society in shrinking civic spaces, rising authoritarianism and …

States may use repression to control establishments such as the media and civil society
organizations (CSOs). Yet, repressing the media and CSOs may backfire and trigger anti …