Why read Authoritarian Practices in a Global Age?

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This book challenges the assumption that authoritarianism is necessarily a phenomenon located at the level of the state, and that states as a whole are therefore either democratic or authoritarian. Its central aim is to shed light on manifestations of authoritarianism that are not confined to the 'territorial trap' of…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Authoritarian Practices in a Global Age as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

James Pattison

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As the world is becoming more autocratic, we often think in terms of "autocracies" and "democracies."

This book helps us to move away from this state-centric approach. It really brought home to me that we should focus on authoritarian practices, where even generally liberal actors can engage in authoritarian practices sometimes.

This helps us to much better understand how the world is changing as it is becoming more autocratic.

From James' list on understanding how the global order is changing.