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.

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.

Selected as a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist Foreign Affairs BBC History Magazine New Indian Express and Marginal Revolution A masterly biography of Xi Zhongxun the father of China s present-day president Xi Jinping.... A scrupulously researched and keenly... 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.

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.

Explores the politics and aesthetics of artivism resistance and creative spaces against authoritarianism and oppression in Turkey Algeria Tunisia Jordan Syria Iran Morocco Egypt. Lebanon and Sudan. Over the past decade there has been a burgeoning interest... Lees meer.

How Brazil s long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country s present crises and epidemic of violenceBrazil has long nurtured a cherished national myth one of a tolerant peaceful and racially harmonious society. A closer look at the nation s... Lees meer.

You are being lied to by people who don t even exist.Digital deception is the new face of information warfare. Social media has been weaponised by states and commercial entities alike as bots and trolls proliferate and users are left to navigate an infodemic of fake ne... 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.

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa Asia Latin America and post-communist Eurasia this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social economic and technocratic ties to the West were extensi... 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.

This book offers a much-needed corrective to dominant approaches to understanding political causality during episodes of intense social mobilisation in North Africa.Drawing on analyses of routine governance and of revolutionary mobilisation in four countries of the Ma... Lees meer.

Offers an overview of the issues of social science analysis raised by the emergence of authoritarianism in Latin America. This book addresses the problem of explaining the rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism. It also includes a glossary and a bibliography. While on... 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.