A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist explains with electrifying clarity why some of her contemporaries have abandoned liberal democratic ideals in favor of strongman cults nationalist movements or one-party states.Across the world today from the U.S. t... Lees meer.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR A dystopian odyssey through the dark authoritarian landscape of the modern world The TimesTo be born American in the late twentieth century was to take the fact of a particular kind of American exceptionalism as granted a state o... Lees meer.

An alarming number of countries that once were seemingly stable democracies have veered in recent years toward authoritarianism-a trend known as democratic backsliding. One of those countries in Venezuela which enjoyed periods of democratically elected governments in... Lees meer.

Today a new kind of freedom fighter has emerged in our midst. liberal and open-minded these individuals champion liberty and resent the imposition of more and more rules and exhortations that constrain their freedom. They are angry disgruntled offended. Why should... Lees meer.

Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey much of the history and politics of the country can be described as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In this accessible account of the country s politics society and economics the authors delve into the causes... Lees meer.

Electoral autocracies regimes that adopt democratic institutions but subvert them to rule as dictatorships have become the most widespread resilient and malignant non-democracies today. They have consistently ruled over a third of the countries in the world inclu... Lees meer.

Twilight of Democracy. The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum. Conversation Starters Twilight of Democracy. The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism is a book written by journalist Anne Applebaum. The book focuses on a few countries including Poland... Lees meer.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER How did our democracy go wrong. This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum s answer. Timothy Snyder author of On TyrannyThe Pulitzer Prize winning historian explains with electrifying clarity why elites in democracies around the world are... Lees meer.

The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote in the UK have caused fear and panic among liberals worldwide. They argue that the populist backlash represents a dangerous new authoritarianism. But what if the really dangerous authoritarianism is in fact their own.... Lees meer.

Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages. Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes explanations which point to Islam as the cause of this disparity because Muslims were philos... Lees meer.

Discovering why autocrats may not be in total control Authoritarianism seems to be everywhere in the political world even the definition of authoritarianism as any form of non-democratic governance has grown very broad. Attempts to explain authoritarian rule as a fu... Lees meer.

Electoral autocracies regimes that adopt democratic institutions but subvert them to rule as dictatorships have become the most widespread resilient and malignant non-democracies today. They have consistently ruled over a third of the countries in the world includ... Lees meer.

The project also contributes to a broader area of study concerned with competitive authoritarianism regimes that face domestic resistance the question of what and how compels such regimes to change the nature of their political institutions and more. A very ric... Lees meer.

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The project also contributes to a broader area of study concerned with competitive authoritarianism regimes that face domestic resistance the question of what and how compels such regimes to change the nature of their political institutions and more. A very ric... Lees meer.