dictatorships

Dictatorship: new trajectories in law

by Kivotidis, Dimitrios

fromNew trajectories in law

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"This book analyses the institution and concept of dictatorship from a legal, historical and theoretical perspective, examining the different types of dictatorship, their relationship to the law, as well as the analytical value of the concept in contemporary world. In particular…

Citizen support for democratic and autocratic regimes

by Mauk, Marlene

fromComparative politics (Oxford University Press)

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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…

Citizen support for democratic and autocratic regimes

by Mauk, Marlene

fromComparative politics (Oxford University Press)

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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…

The road to unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

by Snyder, Timothy

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In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, Timothy Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy. By showcasing the stark choices before us - between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood -…

Terrorism and communism: a reply to Karl Kautsky

by Trotsky, Leon, Žižek, Slavoj

fromRevolutions Series

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Soon after the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky led the Red Army against the counter-revolutionary White armies. Part of the "Revolutions" series, this work argues that Trotsky's attack on the illusions of democracy has a vital relevance.

Terrorism and communism: a reply to Karl Kautsky

by Trotsky, Leon, Žižek, Slavoj, Brailsford, Henry Noel

fromRevolutions (London, England)

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Written in the white heat of revolutionary Russia's Civil War, Trotsky's Terrorism and Communism is one of the most potent defenses of revolutionary dictatorship. In his provocative commentary to this new edition the philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that Trotskyʹs attack on the i…

The dictatorship syndrome

by Harris, Russell, Aswānī, ʻAlāʼ

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The study of dictatorship in the West has acquired an almost exotic dimension. But authoritarian regimes remain a painful reality for billions of people worldwide who still live under them, their freedoms violated and their rights abused. They are subject to arbitrary arrest, to…

The dictatorship syndrome

by Aswānī, ʻAlāʼ

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The study of dictatorship in the West has acquired an almost exotic dimension. But authoritarian regimes remain a painful reality for billions of people worldwide who still live under them, their freedoms violated and their rights abused. They are subject to arbitrary arrest, to…

The dictator's learning curve: inside the global battle for democracy

by Dobson, William J.

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"In this riveting anatomy of authoritarianism, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the battle between dictators and those who would challenge their rule. Recent history has seen an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracy -- with waves of prot…