Description:
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
Review Quotes:
"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