| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) |
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Poulism, right-wing extremism and Neo-Nationalism -- A conceptual history of political regimes: democracy, dictatorship, and authoritarianism -- Some of the foremost challenges to the status quo -- The massive exchange of elites as a mean of fomratio of the authoritarian regime -- The rise of popullist electoral authoritarian in Turkey: a case of culturally rooted recidivism -- Opposition as a mirage of political field in Russia -- From Horty to Orbán : neo-authoritarianism in Hungary -- Authoritarianism with the electoral face in Africa -- Authoritarian tendencies in the polish system -- New and old authoritarianism in a comparative perspective |
| Summary |
The authos deal with comparative aspects of contemporary authoritarianism. Authoritarian tendencies have appeared in several "old democracies" but their main successes take place in several states which departed from dictatorial regimes recently. The book contains case-studies of contemporary Hungarian, Kenyan, Polish, Russian and Turkish regimes |
| Analysis |
authoritarianism |
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democracy |
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elites |
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populism |
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regimes |
| Notes |
"Verlag Barbara Budrich" |
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Prof. Dr. Jerzy J. Wiatr, University of Warsaw, Poland |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Authoritarianism.
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Democracy.
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Authoritarianism
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Democracy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiatr, Jerzy J. Prof. editor
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| ISBN |
9783847416036 |
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3847416030 |
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