Author: Jason Brownlee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: democratization, authoritarianism
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2007-07-16
List price: $82.99
ISBN-10: 052186951X
ISBN-13: 9780521869515

Far from sweeping the globe uniformly, the ’third wave of democratization’ left burgeoning republics and resilient dictatorships in its wake. Applying more than a year of original fieldwork in Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, and the Philippines, Jason Brownlee shows that the mixed record of recent democratization is best deciphered through a historical and institutional approach to authoritarian rule. Exposing the internal organizations that structure elite conflict, Brownlee demonstrates why the critical soft-liners needed for democratic transitions have been dormant in Egypt and Malaysia

Author: Dennis C. Canterbury
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: authoritarianism, new, democratization, neoliberal
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 2005-01-30
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0754643476
ISBN-13: 9780754643470

Domestic and foreign economic and political policies in the rich capitalist nations in the North and in the poor countries in the South are geared towards globalization and democratization. Indeed the dominant view held by countries in the North is that globalization leads to democracy and vice versa, and that in turn economic development will result from that process. Thus many scarce resources are allocated to bring about globalization and democracy. Exploring the dynamics of change that allow for the persistence of authoritarian states in the Third World, this illuminating book highlights c

Author: Gino Germani
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: populism, national, fascism, authoritarianism
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1978-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0878556427
ISBN-13: 9780878556427

Author: Nicola Christine Pratt
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: world, arab, authoritarianism, democracy
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2006-12-30
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1588264866
ISBN-13: 9781588264862

What explains the enduring rule of authoritarian regimes in the Arab world? Nicola Pratt offers an innovative approach to this recurring question, shedding light on the failure of democratization by examining both the broad dynamics of authoritarianism in the region and the particular role of civil society. Pratt appraises the part that civil society actors played in the normalization of authoritarianism in the Middle East, the challenges that new organized groups now pose to entrenched Arab regimes, and the varying ways in which those regimes are responding. She also explores the diversity of

Author: Albert F. Celoza
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: economy, authoritarianism, political, philippines, marcos, ferdinand
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 1997-11-30
List price: $106.95
ISBN-10: 027594137X
ISBN-13: 9780275941376

Ferdinand Marcos came to power in the Philippines in a coup d’etat in 1972 and ruled absolutely, in the name of order, until his dramatic overthrow in February of 1986. This study examines how the authoritarian regime of Marcos remained in power, sometimes in the face of massive opposition, for 14 years. Repressive regimes may seem undesirable, but they are often able to elicit the support of significant sectors of society. Marcos was able to maintain authoritarian rule through the support of bureaucrats, businessmen, and the military--all with the assistance of the United States governm

Author: Amy B. Siskind
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: radical, individualism, authoritarianism, relationship, community, institute, fourth, wall, sullivan
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2003-01-30
List price: $76.95
ISBN-10: 0275968782
ISBN-13: 9780275968786

In the only comprehensive study of the Sullivanian movement, Amy Siskind examines the historical and social processes that resulted in the creation of the Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community and its subsequent development into a totalistic community. Over a 35-year span (1957-1992), the Institute developed from a radical experiment in therapeutic practice, with patients and therapists living together in an innovative community on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, to a totalitarian society wherein leaders and therapists maintained enormous institutional and personal power over the lives o