"Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution--such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam--are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense extern…
This book explores the idea of socialism from three angles and raises the questions if socialism is possible, inevitable, and desirable. Socialism as an economic and societal system was possible based on the two most important pillars of Marxian political economy: State ownershi…
The internationally distinguished contributors to this landmark volume represent a variety of approaches to the Nazi and Stalinist regimes. These far-reaching essays provide the raw materials towards a comparative analysis and offer the means to deepen and extend research in the…
Based on a conference held in Philadelphia in September 1991. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diktaturen sind ein zentraler Gegenstand zeithistorischer Forschung, der in den letzten Jahren an Relevanz und Aktualität gewinnt. Aber von welchem Stand kann die Diktaturforschung ausgehen? Welche neuen Wege sollte sie einschlagen? Der Band gibt darauf pointiert Antworten. Jewe…
Schets van het spanningsveld tussen kunst en propaganda aan de hand van voorbeelden uit de recente geschiedenis: de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog, Koude Oorlog, Sovjet-Unie en China.
Putting the current crisis of democracy into historical perspective, Death by a Thousand Cuts chronicles how would-be despots, dictators, and outright tyrants have finessed the techniques of killing democracies earlier in history, in the 20th Century, and how today's autocrats i…
In order to truly understand the emergence, endurance, and legacy of autocracy, this volume of engaging essays explores how autocratic power is acquired, exercised, and transferred or abruptly ended through the careers and politics of influential figures in more than 20 countrie…
In order to truly understand the emergence, endurance, and legacy of autocracy, this volume of engaging essays explores how autocratic power is acquired, exercised, and transferred or abruptly ended through the careers and politics of influential figures in more than 20 countrie…
"How do countries become dictatorships? What social, political, and interpersonal dynamics create opportunities for despots to take and maintain control? And how are dictatorships overthrown? Ever since World War II, social scientists have recognized the crucial importance of th…
