Authoritarian Gravity Centers by Marianne Kneuer

Authoritarian Gravity Centers by Marianne Kneuer

Employing a cross-regional approach, leading experts empirically test the concept of Authoritarian Gravity Centers (AGC) across Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Asia. This book is a vibrant and comprehensive contribution to the growing field of autocratization

"What accounts for the recent spread of autocracy in the world? This important book develops a systematic conceptualization of the 'attraction' exerted by powerful authoritarian regimes and demonstrates its analytical usefulness through well-chosen and thoroughly researched case studiesAn interesting guide to understanding democracy's current predicament!"

Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin

"Based on painstaking research in different regions of the world, this thought-provoking set of studies provides new explanations for the regional clustering of autocracies."

Marlies Glassius, Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam

"What accounts for the recent spread of autocracy in the world? This important book develops a systematic conceptualization of the 'attraction' exerted by powerful authoritarian regimes and demonstrates its analytical usefulness through well-chosen and thoroughly researched case studies. An interesting guide to understanding democracy's current predicament!"

Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin

"Based on painstaking research in different regions of the world, this thought-provoking set of studies provides new explanations for the regional clustering of autocracies."

Marlies Glassius, Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam

Marianne Kneuer is Professor for Political Science, Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Hildesheim, Germany and current President of International Political Science Association (IPSA). Her research interests include studying comparative regime studies, quality of democracy, and democratization, especially the international dimension of democratization and of autocratization.

Thomas Demmelhuber is Professor of Middle East Politics and Society at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Demmelhuber’s research focuses on state, power, and politics in the Middle East from a comparative perspective, including that of international actors such as the European Union.

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ISBN 13	9780367442842
ISBN 10	0367442841
Title	Authoritarian Gravity Centers
Author	Marianne Kneuer
Series	Conceptualising Comparative Politics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2020-06-15
Number of pages	304
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