The authoritarian international: tracing how authoritarian regimes learn in the post-Soviet space

Stephen Hall argues that democracies can preserve their norms and values from increasing attacks and backsliding by better understanding how authoritarian regimes learn. He focuses on the post-Soviet region, investigating two established authoritarian regimes, Belarus and Russia, and two hybrid-regi...

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Main Author: Hall, Stephen G. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009089630
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009089630
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009089630
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009089630
Summary:Stephen Hall argues that democracies can preserve their norms and values from increasing attacks and backsliding by better understanding how authoritarian regimes learn. He focuses on the post-Soviet region, investigating two established authoritarian regimes, Belarus and Russia, and two hybrid-regimes, Moldova and Ukraine, with the aim of explaining the concept of authoritarian learning and revealing the practices that are developed and the sources of that learning. Hall finds clear signs of collaboration between countries in developing best survival practices between authoritarian-minded elites, and demonstrates that learning does not just occur between states, rather it can happen at the intra-state level, with elites learning lessons from previous regimes in their own countries. He highlights the horizontal nature of this learning, with authoritarian-minded elites developing methods from a range of sources to ascertain the best practices for survival. Post-Soviet regional organisations are crucial for the development and sharing of these survival practices as they provide 'learning rooms' and training exercises
Item Description:Introduction : a contextual overview -- Measuring authoritarian tendencies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine -- Learning from external failure -- Learning from internal failure -- Learning from external and internal success -- The role of regional organisations in authoritarian learning -- External and internal learning in state institutions -- How external and internal informal networks shape learning in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 271 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009089630
DOI:10.1017/9781009089630

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