Global authoritarianism : perspectives and contestations from the South / International Research Group on Authoritarianism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Research Group on Authoritarianism, author, issuing body.

Series:

Edition Politik.

Edition Politik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Totalitarianism--History--20th century.

Totalitarianism.

Authoritarianism--History--20th century.

Authoritarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages).

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2022.

Summary:

We are witnessing a worldwide resurgence of reactionary nationalist, religious, racist, and antifeminist ideologies and movements, as well as a rapid process of global de-democratization. Nevertheless, most studies remain tied to a methodological nationalism, while comparative research is almost exclusively limited to European countries and the USA. But authoritarian transformations in the Global South and the struggles against them have not only been at least as dramatic as in the North, they also often date back longer - and have been studied and theorized by Southern scholars for many years. Twenty scholar-activists from the Global South show in their in-depth studies how national processes of authoritarian capitalism have undermined political systems on a global scale.

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