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. The book looks
at both traditional "hard" dictators, such as Hitler, Stalin, and
Mao, and more modern "soft" or populist autocrats, who are in the
process of transforming once fully democratic countries into
autocratic states, including Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey,
Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, Rodrigo Duterte in the
Philippines, Narendra Modi in India, and Viktor Orban in Hungary.
The authors touch on a wide range of autocratic and dictatorial
figures in the past and present, including present-day autocrats,
such as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, military leaders, and
democratic leaders with authoritarian aspirations. They analyze the
transition of selected autocrats from democratic or benign
semi-democratic systems to harsher forms of autocracy, with either
quite disastrous or more successful outcomes. An ideal reader for
students and scholars, as well as the general public, interested in
international affairs, leadership studies, contemporary history and
politics, global studies, security studies, economics, psychology,
and behavioral studies.
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