Beste resultaten voor: Authoritarianism

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.

This book exposes the inherent contradictions of neoliberalism. The myth of limitless growth ignores the reality of resource constraints and fuels a global upward transfer of wealth. Meanwhile a fractured global economy and intensifying class warfare chip away at neoli... 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.

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.

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.

How contemporary Latin American filmmakers are using the father figure to critique political leadership In this book through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America Irina Dzero argues that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the... Lees meer.

The author maps regional features of rising authoritarianism that mirror larger global trends and in doing so outlines the core mechanisms of authoritarian rule in the Balkans with a particular focus on Serbia Montenegro and Macedonia. This book explores the stagna... 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.

Authoritarianism is one of the buzzwords of our age. But what is it exactly. This Very Short Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the world of authoritarian regimes including military single-party and personalist regimes. It considers how understandings... Lees meer.

Three distinguished scholars draw on critical theory to address the causes and circumstances behind the rise of autocracies and oligarchies. Across the Euro-Atlantic world political leaders have been mobilizing their bases with nativism racism xenophobia and paeans... Lees meer.

Although politics at the elite level has been polarized for some time a scholarly controversy has raged over whether ordinary Americans are polarized. This book argues that they are and that the reason is growing polarization of worldviews - what guides people s view o... 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.

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.

This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the rationales behind Russian President Vladimir Putin s decision to intervene in Ukraine through the lenses of neoclassical realism and pro... Lees meer.

Perhaps no conventional wisdom is more common and enduring in Western societies especially America than that of Protestant Puritanism as the source of modern liberty and democracy. Puritans may have become an extinct or endangered species in the original sense by th... Lees meer.