Beste resultaten voor: Authoritarianism

The Party s Interests Come First is the first biography of Xi Zhongxun written in English. This biography is at once a sweeping story of the Chinese revolution and the first several decades of the People s Republic of China and a deeply personal story about making sense... Lees meer.

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.

We constantly hear about the threat of authoritarianism whether in the form of communist China or at the hands of people like Donald Trump in the United States. But what is it exactly. This Very Short Introduction highlights classic forms of authoritarianism and consi... 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.

In his final work Richard Rorty provides the definitive statement of his political thought. Rorty equates pragmatism with anti-authoritarianism arguing that because there is no authority we can rely on to ascertain truth we can only do so intersubjectively. It follow... Lees meer.

Why the world s most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolution Why the world s most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolutionRevolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution such as those in China Cu... Lees meer.

A comprehensive new study that uncovers the real story of working-class struggle in Turkey Decades of neoliberal authoritarianism have propelled Turkey into crisis. Regime change economic disaster and Erdogan s ambition to impose one-man rule have shaken the foun... Lees meer.

As climate change brings devastation to all areas of the world and U.S. journalists cover these threats more extensively climate reporting needs to be evaluated. Media representations of the climate crisis are critical because they influence what responses are taken a... Lees meer.

Around the world the foundations of democracy freedom civil liberties are being eroded what can be done. Are we living through the end of the democratic moment. While democracy once seemed the bedrock of Western societies the past few decades have revealed a frag... Lees meer.

Contemporary Anarchist Criminology. Against Authoritarianism and Punishment offers a cutting-edge critical assessment of criminology by creating provocative discussions regarding business as usual in the criminal justice system. Contemporary Anarchist Criminology.... Lees meer.

Across the Euro-Atlantic world political leaders have been mobilizing their bases with nativism racism xenophobia and paeans to traditional values in brazen bids for electoral support. How are we to understand this move to the mainstream of political policies and... Lees meer.

This definitive contribution to social science literature describes German s general theory of authoritarianism in modem society and applies it to authoritarian movements and regimes likely to merge out of the social mobilization of the middle and lower classes. German... Lees meer.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Vital reading for Americans and people anywhere who seek to understand what is happening after the fall of the global system created by the United States New York Journal of Books from the former White House aide close confidant to Pre... Lees meer.

Venezuela enjoyed periods of democratically elected governments in the latter half of the twentieth century but in the past two decades has increasingly descended into autocratic rule coupled with economic collapse. Venezuela s Transition to Authoritarianism explores h... Lees meer.

Dark Finance offers one of the first ethnographic accounts of financial expansion and its political impacts in Eastern Europe. Following workers managers and investors in the Macedonian construction sector Fabio Mattioli shows how financialization can empower authori... Lees meer.