Dictators and autocrats : securing power across global politics / Klaus Larres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larres, Klaus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dictators--History.

Dictators.

Authoritarianism--History.

Authoritarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2021]

Summary:

In order to truly understand the emergence, endurance and legacy of autocracy, this volume of engaging essays explores how autocratic power is acquired, exercised and transferred or abruptly ended, through the careers and politics of influential figures in more than 20 countries and six regions.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of contributors

Introduction: dictators and autocrats: a global phenomenon

Abstracts

Part I The notorious three

1 Joseph Stalin: autocrat par excellence (1878-1953)

2 Adolf Hitler: from democracy to dictatorship (1889-1945)

3 Mao Zedong: communist Party dictatorship (1893-1976)

Part II Pathbreaking autocrats of the twentieth century

4 Fidel Castro: from grassroots dictatorship to Communist autocracy (1926-2016)

5 Augusto Pinochet: the emergence of one-man rule in Chile (1915-2006)

6 Robert Mugabe: ruthless authoritarian who preferred democratic clothing (1924-2019)

7 Joseph Kabila: the "Raïs" of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1971)

8 Hugo Chavez: was he an autocrat? (1954-2013)

9 Lee Kuan Yew: autocracy, elections, and capitalism (1923-2015)

Part III Twenty-first-century autocrats: the major powers

10 Vladimir Putin: Russia's neo-patrimonial façade democracy (born 1952)

11 Xi Jinping: the rise of an authoritarian leader (born 1953)

12 Narendra Modi: elected authoritarian (born 1950)

13 Donald J. Trump: the authoritarian style in American politics (born 1946)

Part IV Twenty-first-century autocrats: other influential autocrats

14 Ali Hosseini Khamenei: routinizing revolution in Iran (born 1939)

15 The Assad Dynasty: quo vadis Damascus? (Hafiz: 1930-2000

Bashar: born 1965)

16 Kim Jong Un: rise to power and leadership style (born 1984)

17 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi: the one and only Egyptian dictator (born 1954)

18 Prayuth Chan-o-Cha: from the barracks to the ballot box (born 1954)

19 Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (a.k.a. "MBS"): king in all but name (born 1985)

20 Viktor Orbán and János Kádár: a post-Communist and a Communist autocrat in Hungary. A comparative analysis (Kádár: 1912-1989.

Orbán: born 1963)

21 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: from "illiberal democracy" to electoral authoritarianism (born 1953)

22 Rodrigo Duterte: macho populism and authoritarian practice (born 1945)

23 Jair Bolsonaro: beyond the pale, above the fray (born 1955)

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003100508

1003100503

9781000467550

1000467554

OCLC:

1272996525

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003100508

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access