The authoritarian international : tracing how authoritarian regimes learn in the post-Soviet space / Stephen G. F. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Stephen G. F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Former communist countries--Politics and government.

Former communist countries.

Authoritarianism--Europe, Eastern.

Authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism--Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Stephen Hall argues that democracies can preserve their norms and values from increasing attacks and backsliding by better understanding how authoritarian regimes learn. He focuses on the post-Soviet region, investigating two established authoritarian regimes, Belarus and Russia, and two hybrid-regimes, Moldova and Ukraine, with the aim of explaining the concept of authoritarian learning and revealing the practices that are developed and the sources of that learning. Hall finds clear signs of collaboration between countries in developing best survival practices between authoritarian-minded elites, and demonstrates that learning does not just occur between states, rather it can happen at the intra-state level, with elites learning lessons from previous regimes in their own countries. He highlights the horizontal nature of this learning, with authoritarian-minded elites developing methods from a range of sources to ascertain the best practices for survival. Post-Soviet regional organisations are crucial for the development and sharing of these survival practices as they provide 'learning rooms' and training exercises.

Contents:

Introduction : a contextual overview

Measuring authoritarian tendencies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine

Learning from external failure

Learning from internal failure

Learning from external and internal success

The role of regional organisations in authoritarian learning

External and internal learning in state institutions

How external and internal informal networks shape learning in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009089630 (ebook)

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