In this book, Natalia Forrat describes two models of authoritarianism: the first in which people see the state as their team leader and the other where they trust informal (non-state) leaders and see the state as a source of perks or punishment. Forrat compares the structures of political machines i...

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1. Verfasser:	Forrat, Natalia (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
Online-Zugang:	DE-188
Zusammenfassung:	In this book, Natalia Forrat describes two models of authoritarianism: the first in which people see the state as their team leader and the other where they trust informal (non-state) leaders and see the state as a source of perks or punishment. Forrat compares the structures of political machines in four Russian regions, finding that the two maintaining unity-based authoritarianism demonstrated a stable performance across multiple elections, while the other two delivered less stable results. Carefully crafted and sophisticated, Forrat's theory of authoritarian power sheds new light on state-society relations in Russia and helps explain the divergent patterns of regime maintenance strategies in authoritarian countries throughout the world. Cover -- The Social Roots of Authoritarianism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Unity and Division as the Social Roots of Authoritarianism -- Statist and Antistatist Societies -- Autocracy-​Democracy-​Autocracy -- Russia as a Research Site -- Two Empirical Approaches and the Structure of the Book -- What the Book Does and Does Not -- Democracy Support -- 1. Authoritarian Power in Statist and Antistatist Societies -- Statist versus Antistatist Societies -- Group Authority and the Third Face of Power -- Group Authority and the State -- Grassroots Politics in Statist and Antistatist Societies -- Infrastructural State Power and Civil Society -- Political Functions of Public Organizations -- The State as the Driver of Informality -- Chapter Summary -- 2. A Tale of Four Regions -- The Puzzle of the 2012 Presidential Election -- Regional Political Machines -- Nested Analysis and Case Selection -- Regional Socioeconomic Profiles -- The Regional Histories of State Formation -- Tatarstan -- The Kemerovo Region -- The Republic of Altai -- The Rostov Region -- Chapter Summary -- 3. Team State versus Outsider State: Public Organizations in Statist and Antistatist Societies -- The Team State in the Kemerovo Region and Tatarstan -- The State as Protector -- "Is It Bad to Help the Poor?" -- The Developmental State -- Pride and Loyalty -- The Outsider State in the Rostov Region and Altai -- Social Norms and Safety Net in Nonstate Communities -- The Legitimate Authority of Nonstate Community Leaders -- Centralized Public Organizations in the Kemerovo Region and Tatarstan -- Community Centers and Residential Councils in Kemerovo -- Elena's Residential Council -- The Infrastructure of Residential Councils and Community Centers in Kemerovo City -- Activities of Community Centers and Residential Councils.
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ISBN:	9780197790373