The ^ASocial Roots of Authoritarianism

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The ^ASocial Roots of Authoritarianism is written by Natalia Forrat and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197790372 (ISBN 10) and 9780197790373 (ISBN 13).

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.