The age of the strongman : how the cult of the leader threatens democracy around the world

By:

Rachman, Gideon

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London The Bodley Head 2021Description: vii, 278pISBN:

9781847926425 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

320.53 RAC

Summary: "In The Age of the Strongman, Gideon Rachman finds global coherence in the chaos of the new nationalism, leadership cults and hostility to liberal democracy. We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington."

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Book	Plaksha University Library	Political science	320.53 RAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004068

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"In The Age of the Strongman, Gideon Rachman finds global coherence in the chaos of the new nationalism, leadership cults and hostility to liberal democracy.

We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington."

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