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.

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.

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.

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.

In The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule Gerschewski argues that all autocracies must fulfil three conditions to survive. the co-optation of key elites into their inner sanctum the repression of potential dissent and popular legitimation. Yet how these conditions compl... Lees meer.

In The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule Gerschewski argues that all autocracies must fulfil three conditions to survive. the co-optation of key elites into their inner sanctum the repression of potential dissent and popular legitimation. Yet how these conditions compl... 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.

This book analyses the evolving nature of democratic threats and identifies strategies necessary to safeguard democratic governance in an increasingly turbulent political environment. This book analyses the evolving nature of democratic threats and identifies strate... Lees meer.

After the gradual slowing down of the third wave of democratization electoral authoritarianism is rapidly emerging as a dominant form of contemporary autocracy. Political parties play a key role within the political and institutional structures of electoral autocracie... Lees meer.

Using North Korea Burma Myanmar and China as case studies this book explains how the authoritarian public sphere shapes political discourse in each context and examines three domains of subversion of ruling ideologies. the shadow markets of North Korea networks of i... Lees meer.

Republic Earth s core argument is stark. the growing threat posed by authoritarianism and the autocratic Shanghai Cooperation Organization led by China and Russia threatens the emergence of a new democratic global society in the 21st century. Republic Earth Organis... Lees meer.

Disappointment with the ability of democracy to deliver economic rewards in much of Africa - and with the persistence of instability corruption and poor governance in democratic regimes - has undermined democracy s appeal for many on the continent. At the same time m... Lees meer.