Authoritarian International - Tracing How Authoritarian Regimes Learn in the Post-Soviet Space

"Focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe, Hall argues that democracies can preserve their norms and values by better understanding how authoritarian regimes learn. It will be of interest to scholars, advanced students, and policymakers concerned with the politics of authoritarianism, and the politics of Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe"--

List of contents

1. Introduction - A Contextual Overview; 2. Measuring Authoritarian Tendencies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine; 3. Learning from External Failure; 4. Learning from Internal Failure; 5. Learning from External and Internal Success; 6. The Role of Regional Organisations in Authoritarian Learning; 7. External and Internal Learning in State Institutions; 8. How External and Internal Informal Networks Shape Learning in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Stephen G. F. Hall is a Lecturer at the University of Bath, specialising in authoritarian and post-Soviet politics.

Summary

Focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe, Hall argues that democracies can preserve their norms and values by better understanding how authoritarian regimes learn. It will be of interest to scholars, advanced students, and policymakers concerned with the politics of authoritarianism, and the politics of Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Foreword

Focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe, Hall argues that democracies can preserve their norms and values by better understanding how authoritarian regimes learn.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen G. F. Hall, Stephen G. F. (University of Bath) Hall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009098540
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0909854-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Comparative Politics, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet