{"product_id":"authoritarian-contagion-the-global-threat-to-democracy","title":"Authoritarian Contagion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 21st century has not seen the triumph of democracy that some predicted but instead, in many cases, a turn towards authoritarian forms of government as an imagined solution to the many crises facing humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis innovative and important book draws on examples from around the world to examine the spread of draconian and nationalistic forms of government: a lurch towards ‘authoritarian protectionism’ which observes a simple maxim, that ‘the world may end for others, but not for us’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nWhile there is hope that the COVID-19 crisis could lead to a reinvigoration of democracy and a new economic agenda, there is also the risk of a further slide towards authoritarian rule and an urgent need for democratic renewal and change to combat this. The novel conceptualization offered in this book will give readers a new and deeper insight into the changing nature of the authoritarian threat to democracy – and how it might be overcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bristol University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104737726808,"sku":"9781529217797","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529217797_5e56f2b9-98ea-4bec-85c8-1ee78bcaa036.jpg?v=1776867318","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/authoritarian-contagion-the-global-threat-to-democracy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}