Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation

Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation
Author: André Bank
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0429838751

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To shed light on the global reassertion of authoritarianism in recent years, this volume analyses transnational diffusion and international cooperation among non-democratic regimes. How and with what effect do authoritarian regimes learn from each other? For what purpose and how successfully do they cooperate? The volume highlights that present-day autocrats pursue mainly pragmatic interests, rather than ideological missions. Consequently, the connections among authoritarian regimes have primarily defensive purposes, especially insulation against democracy promotion by the West. As a result, the authors do not foresee a major recession of democracy, as occurred with the rise of fascism during the interwar years. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of Democratization.