UID:
almahu_9949211318002882
Format:
xi, 195 pages ;
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cm
Edition:
First edition.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2019. Available via World Wide Web.
Edition:
Access limited by licensing agreement.
ISBN:
9781433830709 (print ed.)
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1433830701 (print ed.)
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9781433831089 (electronic bk.)
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1433831082 (electronic bk.)
Content:
"This book explores the recent international decline in democracy and the psychological appeal of authoritarianism in the context of rapid globalization. The rise of populist movements and leaders across the globe has produced serious and unexpected challenges to human rights and freedoms. By understanding the psychological foundations of the surge in populism and authoritarian leadership, we can better develop ways to nurture and safeguard democracy"--
Content:
"This book was written because of the urgent need to gain a deeper understanding of the widespread decline of democracy and the unnerving movement toward dictatorship in the 21st century. We are confronted by serious and unexpected challenges to our freedoms and human rights. We need to gain a deeper understanding of threats to democracy in the context of globalization, the increasing economic and cultural integration of societies around the world, and the international populist backlash that is sweeping across national boundaries. The target audience for this book includes the lay public and academics interested in better understanding the psychology of dictatorship and threats to democracy in the United States and around the world; and students and teachers in courses on politics, government, and political psychology. The book is structured into four parts comprising 10 chapters. Part I discusses political patterns and reversals to dictatorship. Part II explores the relationship between freedom and dictatorship. Part III describes the relationship between globalization and dictatorships. Part IV examines the factors that continue to pull us toward dictatorship and explore solutions to the current global trends away from democracy. The afterword presents the relationship between first-order change, second-order change, and dictatorship."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
Note:
Introduction -- I. Political patterns and reversals to dictatorship -- Repeating patterns of political behavior -- Reversals from democracy to dictatorship -- II. Freedom and dictatorship -- Understanding the immortal dictator -- Attached versus detached conceptions of freedom -- Sacred groups, alienation, and belonging -- Political plasticity and dictatorship -- III. Globalization and dictatorship -- Globalization and the springboard to dictatorship -- The dictator-follower nexus -- IV. Future trends and solutions -- Continuing dangers: Social media, illiberal education, politics as show business, unbounded bureaucracies -- Solutions: How to defeat dictatorship -- Afterword -- References -- Index.
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Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
Online version: Moghaddam, Fathali M., author. Threat to democracy Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2019] ISBN 9781433831089
Additional Edition:
Original
Language:
English
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