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"This study of the Vicaría de Solidaridad provides detailed coverage of its efforts on behalf of human rights during the early years (1973-82) of military rule. While the organization did much to strengthen the Church's credibility with popular sector Chileans, it may not offer …
Presenting an analysis of the 20th-century form of dictatorship, the ideological one-party state, this book points to 16 case-studies of notable or representative examples; the party-state regime, the military-state regime and regimes that have transformed from one to the other.
Presenting an analysis of the 20th-century form of dictatorship, the ideological one-party state, this book points to 16 case-studies of notable or representative examples; the party-state regime, the military-state regime and regimes that have transformed from one to the other.
Monografie over de Spaanse cultuur en het collectieve geheugen sinds 1936.
''Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice theory to model dictatorship…
Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice theory to model dictatorships:…
Authoritarian governments are often based on raw power sustained by fear of punishment and hope of reward. This text identifies common characteristics of such regimes, comparing them to totalitarian and authoritarian forms of government, and tracing common patterns for their gen…
"The conventional narrative of the Second World War is well known: after six years of brutal fighting on land, on sea and in the air, the Allied Powers prevailed and the Nazi regime was defeated. But as in so many things, the truth is somewhat different." "Bringing a fresh eye t…
"The conventional narrative of the Second World War is well known: after six years of brutal fighting on land, on sea and in the air, the Allied Powers prevailed and the Nazi regime was defeated. But as in so many things, the truth is somewhat different." "Bringing a fresh eye t…