Patronal Politics

"This book proposes a new way of understanding events throughout the world that are usually interpreted as democratization, rising authoritarianism, or revolution. Where the rule of law is weak and corruption pervasive, what may appear to be democratic or authoritarian breakthroughs are often just regular, predictable phases in longer-term cyclic dynamics - patronal politics. This is shown through in-depth narratives of the post-1991 political history of all post-Soviet polities that are not in the European Union. This book also includes chapters on czarist and Soviet history and on global patterns"--

שנה

2014

שפה

English

הוצאה

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

מהדורות

5

עמודים

558

ISBN

9781107073517

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata