Dictators and Autocrats (eBook, PDF)

Securing Power across Global Politics
Redaktion: Larres, Klaus

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Produktbeschreibung

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 countries and six regions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000467550
• Artikelnr.: 62566747

Autorenporträt

Klaus Larres is the Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as Counselor and Senior Policy Adviser at the German Embassy in Beijing, held the Kissinger Chair in International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and was a Fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) ¿ German Institute for International Security and Affairs think tank in Berlin. Among his many publications are the books Churchill¿s Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy; Uncertain Allies: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Threat of a United Europe; and Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs (co-edited).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: THE NOTORIOUS THREE 1. Joseph Stalin: Autocrat par excellence (The
Soviet Union) 2. Adolf Hitler: From Democracy to Dictatorship (Germany) 3.
Mao Zedong: Communist Party Dictatorship (China) Part 2: PATHBREAKING
AUTOCRATS OF THE 20TH CENTURY 4. Fidel Castro: From Grassroots Dictatorship
to Communist Autocracy (Cuba) 5. Augusto Pinochet: The Emergence of One-Man
Rule (Chile) 6. Robert Mugabe: Ruthless Authoritarian who Preferred
Democratic Clothing (Zimbabwe) 7. Joseph Kabila: the "Raïs" of the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) 8. Hugo Chávez: Was he an Autocrat?
(Venezuela) 9. Lee Kuan Yew: Autocracy, Elections, and Capitalism
(Singapore) Part 3: 21ST CENTURY AUTOCRATS - THE MAJOR POWERS 10. Vladimir
Putin: Russia's Neo-Patrimonial Façade Democracy (Russia) 11. Xi Jinping:
The Rise of an Authoritarian Leader (China) 12. Narendra Modi: Elected
Authoritarian (India) 13. Donald J. Trump: The Authoritarian Style in
American Politics (USA) Part 4: 21ST CENTURY AUTOCRATS - OTHER INFLUENTIAL
AUTOCRATS 14. Ali Hosseini Khamenei: Routinizing Revolution (Iran) 15. The
Assad Dynasty: Quo Vadis Damascus? (Syria) 16. Kim Jong un: Rise to Power
and Leadership Style (North Korea) 17. Abd al Fattah al Sisi: The One and
Only Egyptian Dictator (Egypt) 18. Prayuth Chan-o-cha: From the Barracks to
the Ballot Box (Thailand) 19. Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud: King in All But
Name (Saudi Arabia) 20. János Kádár and Viktor Orbán: From Communist to
Post-Communist Autocracy (Hungary) 21. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: From
"Illiberal Democracy" to Electoral Authoritarianism (Turkey) 22. Rodrigo
Duterte: Macho Populism and Authoritarian Practice (Philippines) 23. Jair
Bolsonaro: Beyond the Pale, Above the Fray (Brazil)