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- Publications
- Influence
Politicising democracy : the new local politics and democratisation
- J. Harriss, K. Stokke, Olle Törnquist
- Political Science
- 2004
Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation J.Harriss, K.Stokke & O.Tornquist Decentralisation in Indonesia: Less State, More Democracy? H.S.Nordholt Bossism and Democracy in the… Expand
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Rethinking popular representation
- Olle Törnquist, N. Webster, K. Stokke
- Political Science
- 2009
PART I: INTRODUCTION The Problem is Representation! Towards an Analytical Framework O.Tornquist PART II: DEEPENING THE PERSPECTIVE What is the Relationship Between Participation and Representation?… Expand
Assessing Dynamics of Democratisation: Transformative Politics, New Institutions, and the Case of Indonesia
- Olle Törnquist
- Political Science
- 29 October 2013
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Labour and democracy? Reflections on the Indonesian impasse
- Olle Törnquist
- Economics
- 1 January 2004
Conventional theories about the emergence of democracy have not proven particularly helpful in the case of Indonesia. For example, it was a capitalist crisis and not a process of socio-economic… Expand
Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction
- Olle Törnquist, P. Mayers
- Political Science
- 29 December 1998
Introduction PART ONE: THE STUDY OF THIRD WORLD POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT The Problem Area The Sub-Discipline Analytical Approaches Political and Scientific Conjunctures PART TWO: THE DISCUSSION ON… Expand
Dynamics of peace and democratization. The Aceh lessons
- Olle Törnquist
- Sociology
- 25 May 2011
The viability of the thesis that liberalization and democracy foster peace, security and development is at stake. The main critique is that more liberties and elections lead to more conflict and… Expand
Democratic ‘empowerment’ and democratisation of politics: Radical popular movements and the May 1992 Philippine elections
- Olle Törnquist
- Political Science
- 1993
Why is it that struggles for freedom, civil rights and democracy become increasingly important in the third world and not least in the Far East? Recently, when Bangkok was paralysed by huge protests… Expand
The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation
- Olle Törnquist
- Political Science
- 2005
There is wide agreement that the essence of democracy is ‘popular control of public affairs based on political equality’. In addition democracy is characterised by the qualities of participation,… Expand
Assessing democracy from below: A framework and indonesian pilot study
- Olle Törnquist
- Sociology
- 1 April 2006
The emerging crisis of both elitist and popular strategies of democratization calls for assessments of the problems and options in such a way that different arguments may be put to the test while… Expand
Popular Politics of Representation: New Lessons from the Pioneering Projects in Indonesia, Kerala, and the Philippines
- Olle Törnquist, P. Tharakan, Nathan Gilbert Quimpo
- Geography
- 2009
Although it is true that the world-renowned post-colonial attempts at popular representation in Indonesia, the Indian state of Kerala, and the Philippines suffered from the subordination of… Expand