A pioneer in the field of Russian and Soviet studies in the West Alfred J. Rieber s five decade career has focused on increasing our understanding of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the coming of the First World War. The Imperial Russian Project is a collect... Lees meer.

This study deals with an unusual and absorbing topic. how the Arabs see and deal with reality and the implications this has for the nature of power in the Arab world. Tents and pyramids are metaphorically opposed mental images the first signifies the absence of hier... Lees meer.

This book develops a detailed disaggregated theoretical and empirical framework that explains variations in mass killing by authoritarian regimes globally with a specific focus on Pakistan Indonesia and Malaysia. This book develops a detailed disaggregated theor... Lees meer.

The Alternative Right s Attempt at Autocratic Democracy in Twenty-First Century America analyzes the several significant factors that influenced the cultural environment to move American democracy toward authoritarianism. Chuck A. Baker hypothesizes that growing xenopho... Lees meer.

This book investigates complex regressive dynamics in contemporary Western democracies. They include not only severe polarization in domestic politics but also efforts by external autocratic powers to co-opt the increasingly digitalized political processes in the West.... Lees meer.

Why do autocrats hold political trials when outcomes are presumed known from the start. Undue Process examines how autocrats weaponize the judiciary to stay in control. Contrary to conventional wisdom that courts constrain arbitrary power Shen-Bayh argues that judicia... Lees meer.

This book discusses the rise of Putin in Russia and Erdogan in Turkey to authoritarian power in the context of the global debate over the fragility of democracy and the persistence of authoritarianism. It is both historical and theoretical in it treatment of the politic... Lees meer.

Now that the Cold War is over the common assumption is that the threat to the United States and its Western allies from the former Soviet Union is gone. Russia many Americans have naively assumed has adopted a democracy modeled on that of the United States. The old en... Lees meer.

When protests erupted in response to the 2010 Egyptian parliament elections that were widely viewed as fraudulent many wondered. Why now. Voters had never witnessed free and fair elections in the past so why did these elicit such an outcry. To answer this question... Lees meer.

As political polarization societal decomposition and the collusive tendencies grow in strength political factions and political candidates in western societiescan be come drawn to autocratic actors. This book investigates complex regressive dynamics in contemporary... Lees meer.

Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn outlines the history of American higher education s formal organization as an incorporated autocracy that is tied to capitalism arguing that the academy must reconstitute itself in accordance with the principles of democratic republicanism in... Lees meer.

This late 2017 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. In April 2016 the Saudi Arabian government announced Vision 2030 a highly ambitious reform program designed to move the country away from its reliance on oil... Lees meer.

This book discusses the rise of Putin in Russia and Erdogan in Turkey to authoritarian power in the context of the global debate over the fragility of democracy and the persistence of authoritarianism. It is both historical and theoretical in it treatment of the politic... Lees meer.

Dictatorships attempt to justify their rule in numerous ways. This book is about how they do so and why it matters. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of Contemporary Politics.... Lees meer.

How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilience Conventional wisdom holds that the rising middle classes are a force for democracy. Yet in post-Soviet countries like Russia where the middle class has... Lees meer.