Revolution and Dictatorship The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism [Audiobook] [#503707]

Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BNK53R7V | 2022 | 17 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 486 MB
Author: Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way
Narrator: Joe Barrett
Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution-such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam-are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure. Few other modern autocracies have survived in the face of such extreme challenges. Drawing on comparative historical analysis, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way argue that radical efforts to transform the social and geopolitical order trigger intense counterrevolutionary conflict, which initially threatens regime survival, but ultimately fosters the unity and state-building that supports authoritarianism.