Drivers of Authoritarianism : Paths and Developments at the Beginning of the 21st Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frankenberg, Günter.

Contributor:

Heitmeyer, Wilhelm.

Series:

Elgar Studies in Law and Politics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Populism.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.

Summary:

Drivers of Authoritarianism provides a prescient deep-dive into modern threats to pluralism and democracy in times of crisis.Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this incisive book analyses the social, political, economic and psychological consequences of crises during the first decades of the 21st century, powered by the proliferation of.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

PART I On the theory and empiricism of authoritarianism

1. Authoritarian developments as a threat to democracy and pluralism

PART II Threats to democracies and authoritarian system competition

2. Authoritarian forms of rule in the twenty-first century

3. Autocratization as a global process? Authoritarianism and democracy in an international context

4. Self-assertion without self-determination

5. The authoritarian direction of radicalised conservatism

PART III Capitalist economies and social crises

6. Loss of control, authoritarianism and exterminism in the Great Transformation

7. Crises and loss of control - opportunity structures for the drivers of authoritarian social developments

8. Of 'bulwarks' and 'sacred borders'. Authoritarian refugee policies in Europe

PART IV Authoritarian mentalities and identity politics

9. Dynamics of authoritarianism: an essay

10. Authoritarian cultural identities: understanding the new right in the tradition of Oswald Spengler

11. Left-wing identity politics as a driver of authoritarian developments

PART V New role assignments, affective narratives, and media concepts of politics

12. Women, gender and right-wing authoritarian populism

13. Promises of sovereignty in authoritarian populism: a feminist critique

14. Media entertainment and right-wing authoritarian political ideas, an example: the storming of the Capitol

PART VI Repressive instruments and authoritarian movements and the state

15. Leviathan with a beaked mask

16. Pegasus: the unbounded surveillance industry in the service of the authoritarian

17. Under what conditions do authoritarian social movements develop in Western societies?

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-03-532470-9

OCLC:

1422224442