Dictators and Autocrats (eBook, PDF)

Securing Power across Global Politics
Redaktion: Larres, Klaus

• Format: PDF

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 eBooks
• 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)