Description: Authoritarianism and How to Counter It Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): Bill Jordan Format: Hardback Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG ISBN-13: 9783030172107, 978-3030172107 Synopsis After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that liberal democracies would flourish worldwide. Instead, today authoritarian leaders are gaining power - from Trump's US and Bolsonaro's Brazil to Orban's Hungary - while Russia and China have turned back towards their old, autocratic traditions. This book examines the origins and implications of this shift, and focusses especially on the longstanding coercion of poor people. As industrial employment, and now also many service jobs, are being replaced through technological innovations, state-subsidised, low-paid, insecure work is being enforced through regimes of benefits cuts and sanctions. Authoritarians are exploiting the divisions in the working class that this creates to stoke resentment against immigrants and poor people. The author identifies new social movements and policies (notably the Universal Basic Income) which could counter these dangers.
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Book Title: Authoritarianism and How to Counter It
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Authoritarianism and How to Counter It
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland A&G
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Economics, Politics
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Weight: 341 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Bill Jordan
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Hardcover
