Popular Dictatorships - Crises, Mass Opinion, and the Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism (Hardcover)

Electoral autocracies - regimes that adopt democratic institutions but subvert them to rule as dictatorships - have become the most widespread, resilient and malignant non-democracies today. They have consistently ruled over a third of the countries in the world, including geopolitically significant states like Russia, Turkey, Venezuela, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan. Challenging conventional wisdom, Popular Dictators shows that the success of electoral authoritarianism is not due to these regimes' superior capacity to repress, bribe, brainwash and manipulate their societies into submission, but is actually a product of their genuine popular appeal in countries experiencing deep political, economic and security crises. Promising efficient, strong-armed rule tempered by popular accountability, elected strongmen attract mass support in societies traumatized by turmoil, dysfunction and injustice, allowing them to rule through the ballot box. Popular Dictators argues that this crisis legitimation strategy makes electoral authoritarianism the most significant threat to global peace and democracy.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2021
Authors:	Aleksandar Matovski
Dimensions:	234 x 158 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-1-316-51780-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
LSN:	1-316-51780-2
Barcode:	9781316517802

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