Authoritarianism goes global : the challenge to democracy / edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Christopher Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diamond, Larry Jay, editor.

Plattner, Marc F., 1945- editor.

Walker, Christopher, 1964- editor.

Series:

A Journal of Democracy Book

A journal of democracy book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributors: Anne Applebaum, Anne-Marie Brady, Alexander Cooley, Javier Corrales, Ron Deibert, Larry Diamond, Patrick Merloe, Abbas Milani, Andrew Nathan, Marc F. Plattner, Peter Pomerantsev, Douglas Rutzen, Lilia Shevtsova, Alex Vatanka, Christopher Walker, and Frederic Wehrey.

Contents:

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE AUTHORITARIAN ""BIG FIVE""; 1 China's Challenge; 2 Forward to the Past in Russia; 3 Iran's Paradoxical Regime; 4 Iran Abroad; 5 Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela; 6 Saudi Arabia's Anxious Autocrats; PART TWO: ARENAS OF ""SOFT-POWER"" COMPETITION; 7 Countering Democratic Norms; 8 Election Monitoring vs. Disinformation; 9 The Leninist Roots of Civil Society Repression; 10 Civil Society Under Assault; 11 The Kremlin's Information War; 12 China's Foreign Propaganda Machine; 13 Cyberspace Under Siege

14 Dealing with the Authoritarian ResurgenceAbout the Authors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-1998-X

OCLC:

946725851