This volume explores the form and function of constitutions in countries without the fully articulated institutions of limited government. Constitutions in authoritarian regimes are often denigrated as meaningless exercises in political theater. Yet the burgeoning li... Lees meer.
If the Arab uprisings initially heralded the end of tyrannies and a move toward liberal democratic governments their defeat not only marked a reversal but was of a piece with emerging forms of authoritarianism worldwide. In Authoritarian Apprehensions Lisa Wedeen dra... Lees meer.
What is the basis for intolerance. This book addresses that question by developing a universal theory about what causes intolerance of difference in general which includes racism political intolerance e.g. restriction of free speech moral intolerance e.g. homophob... Lees meer.
Authoritarian Neoliberalism explores how neoliberal forms of managing capitalism are challenging democratic governance at local national and international levels. Authoritarian Neoliberalism explores how neoliberal forms of managing capitalism are challenging demo... Lees meer.
What makes a fascist. Are there character traits that make someone more likely to vote for the far right. The Authoritarian Personality written in the shadow of Fascism and the Holocaust looked to analyse the rise of Fascism in Europe through the specific psycholog... Lees meer.
The revival of authoritarianism is one of the most important forces reshaping world politics today. However not all authoritarians are the same. To examine both resurgence and variation in authoritarian rule Karrie J. Koesel Valerie J. Bunce and Jessica Chen Weiss g... Lees meer.
A radical history of Turkey from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day rejecting traditional narratives of a clash of civilisations For the last century the Western world has regarded Turkey as a pivotal case of the clash of civilisations between Is... Lees meer.
Donald Trump may be gone from the White House but the 75 million people who voted for him are still out there . . . Updated to reflect election results this is a look at the entirety of the Trump phenomenon using psychological and social science studies as well as p... Lees meer.
Illuminates the condensation of authoritarian rule in crisis around the globe. Crises reveal the fragility of political order and challenge the powerful. How do authoritarian regimes deal with this. In many cases they aim to achieve two contradictory goals simultane... Lees meer.
German scholar J rg Baberowski is one of the world s leading experts on the Stalin era but his work has seldom been translated into English. This book an unremitting indictment of the mad violence with which Stalin ruled the Soviet Union depicts Stalinism as a cruel... Lees meer.
The book examines the issue of authoritarian leadership through an evidence-based methodology. The final chapter describes the social consequences of authoritarian governance and discusses how liberal democracies need to protect their institutions from authoritarian tak... Lees meer.
The book discusses so-called real socialism and offers an alternative conceptualization of it as authoritarian collectivism making use of an analytical and developmental methodology that is presenting it in categorical terms as well dwelling on its genesis developme... Lees meer.
Between 2000 and 2005 colour revolutions swept away authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes in Serbia Georgia Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. Yet after these initial successes attempts to replicate the strategies failed to produce regime change elsewhere in the region... Lees meer.
Drawing on real-world developments and including international case studies this book introduces students to the concept and causes of democratic decay in the modern world.... Lees meer.
