Steven Levitsky | Lucan Way Revolution and dictatorship

the violent origins of durable authoritarianism

"Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution--such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam--are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure. Few other modern autocracies have survived in the face of such extreme challenges. Drawing on comparative historical analysis, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way argue that radical efforts to transform the social and...

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Engels | 638 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey | 2022

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