Using different perspectives and various approaches, this collection of diagnostic texts aims at presenting all the possible faces of the contemporary Nation-State. Based on political science methodology, this volume is devoted to both theory and practice. The structure of the b…
Presents theoretical and comparative perspectives on the factors affecting Russian regime changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the country's drift to "electoral authoritarianism", essentially authoritarian rule with the trappings of democratic institutions
Presents theoretical and comparative perspectives on the factors affecting Russian regime changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the country's drift to "electoral authoritarianism", essentially authoritarian rule with the trappings of democratic institutions.
"Fundamentalism" and "authoritarian secularism" are commonly perceived as the two mutually exclusive paradigms available to Muslim majority countries. Recent political developments, however, have challenged this perception. Formerly associated with a fundamentalist outlook, main…
This volume offers a major new theory of authoritarian politics. It studies regime struggles between government and opposition under electoral authoritarianism and argues that autocracies suffer from institutional uncertainties.
This volume offers a major new theory of authoritarian politics. It studies regime struggles between government and opposition under electoral authoritarianism and argues that autocracies suffer from institutional uncertainties.
Citizen Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes takes a political-culture perspective on the struggle between democracy and autocracy by examining how these regimes fare in the eyes of their citizens. Taking a globally comparative approach, it studies both the levels as we…
"Autocracies not only resist the global spread of democracy but are sources of autocratic influence and pressure. This book presents a conceptual model to understand, assess, and explain the promotion and diffusion of authoritarian elements. Employing a cross-regional approach, …
"This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics, reflecting on a long history of division amongst the country's political elites. The book argues that these patterns have enabled the resilience and survival of authoritarianism in the country, and have…
Quantifizierung, Singularisierung, digitaler Kapitalismus - mit diesen Schlagwörtern wird in der soziologischen Zeitdiagnose über die Veränderung der Gesellschaft sowie der Subjekte der Gegenwart gesprochen. Aber wie verhalten sich die beobachteten Veränderungen zur Grundstruktu…
Quantifizierung, Singularisierung, digitaler Kapitalismus - mit diesen Schlagwörtern wird in der soziologischen Zeitdiagnose über die Veränderung der Gesellschaft sowie der Subjekte der Gegenwart gesprochen. Aber wie verhalten sich die beobachteten Veränderungen zur Grundstruktu…
Quantifizierung, Singularisierung, digitaler Kapitalismus - mit diesen Schlagwörtern wird in der soziologischen Zeitdiagnose über die Veränderung der Gesellschaft sowie der Subjekte der Gegenwart gesprochen. Aber wie verhalten sich die beobachteten Veränderungen zur Grundstruktu…
"In this provocative and highly original book, Salvatore Babones argues that democracy has been undermined by a quiet but devastating power grab conducted by a class of liberal experts. Populism thus represents an imperfect but reinvigorating political flood that has the potenti…
"In this provocative and highly original book, Salvatore Babones argues that democracy has been undermined by a quiet but devastating power grab conducted by a class of liberal experts. Populism thus represents an imperfect but reinvigorating political flood that has the potenti…
Transition to non-democratic regimes : a theoretical overview -- The reverse process in the contemporary period : a preliminary assessment -- Focusing on the conditions : a qualitative comparative analysis -- Incumbent entrenchment : Dominican Republic and Bolivia -- Opposition …