Dismantling Tyranny - Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Paperback, annotated edition)

When a totalitarian group seizes power, one of the first institutions it creates is a secret political police. Since the birth of modern totalitarianism, in country after country, secret political police have been the predominant instruments of power, used to consolidate power, neutralize the opposition, and erect a one-party state. Yet, when these same totalitarian regimes have liberalized or collapsed, the secret political police have often managed to survive and even remain relevant. Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes provides a groundbreaking exploration of this survival tendency in seven formerly communist regimes in the former Soviet Union and Latin America - and the lessons these transformations hold for future democratic revolutions. But Dismantling Tyranny is also much more: it is a guidebook designed to empower, inform, and guide future transitions toward democracy for those political leaders with the initiative, and courage, to embark upon such a visionary path. Published in cooperation with the American Foreign Policy Council.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Editors:	Ilan Berman • Michael J. Waller
Contributors:	Fredo Arias-King • Jaroslav Basta • Andrzej Grajewski • John Koehler • Aadu Oll • Tomas Skucas • J.Michael Waller
Dimensions:	227 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-4903-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
LSN:	0-7425-4903-8
Barcode:	9780742549036

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