Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship

Through an analysis of the recent political history of Tanzania and Uganda, Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions offers a novel explanation of why authoritarian parties and legislatures vary in strength, and why this variation matters.

Through an analysis of the recent political history of Tanzania and Uganda, Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions offers a novel explanation of why authoritarian parties and legislatures vary in strength, and why this variation matters.

This enlightening book identifies liberalism's relevance to contemporary society and identifies how and where it offers robust opposition to modern forms of authoritarianism.

Seit Jahrzehnten fuhren Sozialwissenschaftler und politisch interessierte Zeitgenossen einen Streit um die Typologie des Franco-Regimes in Spanien (1936/1939-1975).

A razor-sharp analysis of the increasing and terrifying parallels between Trump s America and Putin s Russia, from the former BBC Moscow Correspondent and Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith.

A leading political philosopher dissects the global far right's appeal through the lens of Bolsonarismo, tracing its roots to the social disintegration caused by the crisis of neoliberalism and looming climate changeFor four years, Jair Bolsonaro led Brazil and the popular, far-right movement that bore his name.

For decades, otherwise highly respected figures in Welsh life have repeatedly claimed that Welsh nationalists sympathised with Fascism during the dark days 1930s and the Second World War.

In 1942, two years after invading France, the Germans implemented their policy of exterminating the Jews.

In 1942, two years after invading France, the Germans implemented their policy of exterminating the Jews.

This book examines the nature of party competition in hybrid regimes, focusing on Georgia, a post-Soviet hybrid regime.

This book examines the nature of party competition in hybrid regimes, focusing on Georgia, a post-Soviet hybrid regime.

El nuevo libro de Stejarel Olaru trata sobre una de las mejores atletas de todos los tiempos, Nadia Comaneci, la primera gimnasta del mundo en lograr la puntuación perfecta ¡10!

¿Por qué Putin se inventó el mito de su abuelo, Spiridón Putin, como cocinero de las élites zaristas y soviéticas?

This book is a new assessment of the ideology and political program of Britain's fascist and extreme right-wing community during the interwar period (1919-1940).

This book is a new assessment of the ideology and political program of Britain's fascist and extreme right-wing community during the interwar period (1919-1940).

Este libro descorre los entretelones del escenario de represión y control de la Stasi, uno de los servicios de Inteligencia más efectivos del mundo, desde su fundación en Berlín Oriental en 1950 hasta su disolución en 1990, tras la caída del Muro de Berlín.

France is often held up as a bastion of gastronomic refinement and as a model of artisanal agriculture and husbandry.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe sharply divides opinion and embodies the contradictions of his country's history and political culture.

France is often held up as a bastion of gastronomic refinement and as a model of artisanal agriculture and husbandry.

France is often held up as a bastion of gastronomic refinement and as a model of artisanal agriculture and husbandry.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe sharply divides opinion and embodies the contradictions of his country's history and political culture.

After more than a decade of democratic regression, three major crises have acted to reshape global politics in recent years: climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic legacy, and geopolitical conflict.

After more than a decade of democratic regression, three major crises have acted to reshape global politics in recent years: climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic legacy, and geopolitical conflict.

This book offers a novel and interdisciplinary exploration of revolution as situated protest in Tunisia.

This book offers a novel and interdisciplinary exploration of revolution as situated protest in Tunisia.

Based on a wealth of new primary data, this book offers the first account of the internal regime factors that ultimately caused the fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's long dictatorship in Tunisia during the Arab Uprisings.

Based on a wealth of new primary data, this book offers the first account of the internal regime factors that ultimately caused the fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's long dictatorship in Tunisia during the Arab Uprisings.

For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling.

For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I will recommend it to everyone' Alastair Campbell'World-renowned historian Laurence Rees lays out a past that is also eerily a cautionary tale for our future if we are not careful' Anthony Scaramucci'There are lots of moments when you can t help but have a shudder through the spine .

A provocative book that demystifies China's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country's embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hopedWhen China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country's turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society.

A provocative book that demystifies China's great democratic leap backward under Xi Jinping, revealing why the country's embrace of capitalism has given rise to hard authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and one-man rule instead of democracy as many in the West had hopedWhen China embarked on its transformative journey of modernization in 1979, many believed the country's turn toward capitalism would put its totalitarian past to rest and mark the birth of a democratic, open society.

¿Qué menú degustaba Pol Pot mientras dos millones de camboyanos morían de hambre?

Who loyally carries out the most brutal violence for a dictator?

Who loyally carries out the most brutal violence for a dictator?

La discusion acerca de que ha de entenderse por totalitarismo es una de las mas vivas dentro de la teoria politica, y mas aun hoy en la incierta deriva de los sistemas politicos alumbrados tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler’s rise—and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders"A passionately engaged history of a Mussolini and an Italy caught up in the monstrous gravitational waves engendered by the coming of Third Reich.

An incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler’s rise—and thereby reinforced his role as a model for later authoritarian leaders"A passionately engaged history of a Mussolini and an Italy caught up in the monstrous gravitational waves engendered by the coming of Third Reich.

The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn.

The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn.

What drives Marine Le Pen and France's Front National?

What drives Marine Le Pen and France's Front National?

The first biography of Rodrigo Duterte, the murderous, unpredictable president of the Philippines, whose war on drugs has seen thousands of people killed in cold blood.

In Myanmar's Kalay Valley, a rice-growing region near the Indian border, farmers have long been subject to violence and neglect.

This book presents how urban megaprojects uniquely expose the complexities of competitive authoritarianism.