Political Structures: Totalitarianism & Dictatorship

Brazil is the world's sixth largest economy, has played a key role as one of the 'pink wave' administrations in Latin America, and was also respons...

Why the worlds most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolutionRevolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social...

Across the Euro-Atlantic world, political leaders have been mobilizing their bases with nativism, racism, xenophobia, and paeans to traditional val...

In recent years, scholars have noted the rise of a particular type of authoritarianism worldwide, in which rulers manipulate institutions designed ...

This book argues that the transition by Western society to late modernity has weakened the social order, creating a quasi-anomic state that favors ...

Populism is on the rise in Europe and the Americas. Scholars increasingly understand populist forces in terms of their ideas or discourse, one that...

It remains a disconcerting fact that much of the world's history has been determined by autocrats and dictatorsby rulers who gained and retained po...

In its comprehensive analysis of a wide range of primary and secondary sources in both Chinese and Western languages, this authoritative work stand...

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of t...

It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and...

Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes provides a broad, accessible overview of the key institutions and political dynamics in democracies and dicta...

Over the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained influence within the global arena. Leading authoritarian countries-includi...

Authoritarian states work hard to manage their images abroad. They invest in foreign-facing media, hire public relations firms, tout their popular ...

2023 Hagley Prize for Best Book in Business HistoryBuying into Change examines how the development of a mass consumer society under the dictatorshi...

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the strongman playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putinenabling her to predict with unc...

The coup d'etat of July 1936 split Spain in two, shaping a chessboard of terror, misery and death that would put an end to the Republic and give su...

The coup d'etat of July 1936 split Spain in two, shaping a chessboard of terror, misery and death that would put an end to the Republic and give su...

What does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth centurys most important ...

For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, ...

The developments of early 2011 changes the political landscape of the Middle East. But even as urgent struggles continue, it remains clear that aut...

This book examines the nature of totalitarianism as interpreted by some of the finest minds of the twentieth century. It focuses on Hannah Arendt's...

The developments of early 2011 changes the political landscape of the Middle East. But even as urgent struggles continue, it remains clear that aut...

Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice explores the effect of transitional justice measures on 'regime consolidation', or the means by which...

In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon a ruling party. Co...

In this ground-breaking work, Gerasimos Tsourapas examines how migration and political power are inextricably linked, and enhances our understandin...

Stories of transnational terror and justice illuminate the past and present of South Americas struggles for human rights   Outstanding. . . . An Ol...

Disappointment with the ability of democracy to deliver economic rewards in much of Africaand with the persistence of instability, corruption, and ...

FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF MY SEDITIOUS HEART AND THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS, A NEW AND PRESSING DISPATCH FROM THE HEART OF THE CROWD AN...

This politics book is the perfect pocket-sized introduction to politics ideas and political thought throughout history.From the origins of democrac...

A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World WarThe rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the m...

A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism. Ti...

This volume explores the politics of memory involved in 'coming to terms with the past' of mass dictatorship on a global scale. Considering how a g...

Exclusionary notions of American national identity have been endemic since the countrys founding. Since the Culture Wars, they have returned with v...

Extravagantly stylish, searingly critical dispatches from the margins by a queer Latin American icon, in English for the first time'He speaks brill...

How to Critique Authoritarian Populism: Methodologies of the Frankfurt School offers a comprehensive introduction to the techniques used by the ear...

Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq as a dictator for nearly a quarter century before the fall of his regime in 2003. Using the Bath party as his organ of me...

'Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich.' - International History R...

Compares the political development of four Maghreb countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and MauritaniaThe past few years have been a period of unpr...