The author argues that communicators in subnational undemocratic regimes who can spread the scope of compromising information beyond subnational boundaries can cause uncertainties for subnational undemocratic regimes.
Jos Bartman is a political scientist specializing in subnational politics, comparative politics and authoritarianism. He received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He currently works as a research coordinator at Free Press Unlimited, where he investigates and coordinates the investigation into cold murder cases of journalist-killings. By investigating these cases, and by initiating in litigation as a result, he hopes to contribute to the ending of the pervasive impunity that coincides with attacks on the press.
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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3: Research Design and Methodology.- Chapter 4: The Targeting of Journalists in Mexico.- Chapter 5: The Repression of Journalists in Veracruz.- Chapter 6: Boundary-blurring actors in Gujarat.- Chapter 7: Conclusions.