Henry Thomson

Watching the Watchers

Communist Elites, the Secret Police and Social Order in Cold War Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Secret police are central actors in dictatorships, yet we know very little about these institutions. Exploring communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, Henry Thomson opens this black box for the first time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in how authoritarian regimes and their secret police forces work"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781009413596
• ISBN-10: 1009413597
• Artikelnr.: 69037980

Autorenporträt

Henry Thomson is an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He has won fellowships and prizes from the American Political Science Association, Nuffield College, and Australian National University and is the author of Food and Power: Regime Type, Agricultural Policy and Political Stability (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Introduction
2. Theory
Part II. Comparative Historical Analysis: 3. Introduction to part II
4. The Polish People's Republic
5. The German Democratic Republic
Part III. Cross-National Quantitative Analysis: 6. Introduction to part III
7. Elite cohesion and coercive agent tenure
8. Officers and secret informants
Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Conclusion
Appendix A: Secret police agencies and chiefs
Appendix B: Survival analysis
Appendix C: Agency size analysis.