BIBFRAME Work

Title

The global rise of autocracy : its threat to a sustainable future

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Wejnert, Barbara (editor )

Subject

• Sustainable development--Political aspects (LCSH)
• Democracy (LCSH)
• Dictatorship (LCSH)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• DDC: 321.9 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: JC495 .G55 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"This book revitalizes the discourse on backsliding democracy and the global rise of autocracy, extending the consequences of their changes to a sustainable future. In three sections, the book systematically examines diverse pathways leading autocracies to rise and spread worldwide and debates the future consequences. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book conceptualizes the rise of autocracy and the backsliding of democracy by studying dictatorship, authoritarianization processes, autocracy's diffusion, and populism. It reveals the global spread of autocracy and reflects on the challenges this poses to, and the likely impacts on, a sustainable future. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of autocracy/autocratization, democracy and democratization, political sociology, sustainability and more broadly to international relations and comparative politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Problematizing Rise of Autocracy and its Consequences for Sustainable Future / Barbara Wejnert -- Part I: The State of Democracy and Rise of Autocracy -- What Distinguishes "Successful" Democratic Backsliders from Thwarted Ones? / Barbara Geddes -- Democracy Regression and Autocracy Diffusion: A Conceptual Framework / Barbara Wejnert -- Democracy, Autocracy, War, and Social Movements: The Russo-Ukrainian War, Recurrent Processes, and the Many Challenges of Our Own Moment / John Markoff -- The Past and Future of Restricted Democracy in the United States / Samuel Cohn -- Part II: Backsliding Democracy and Rise of Authoritarianism: Challenges to Social and Environmental Sustainability -- Green Authoritarianism and the Populist Revolt- the Challenge of Embracing Sustainability Without Succumbing to Techno-Authoritarianism / Majia Nadesan -- Networks of Climate Change Sceptics and Far-Right Narratives in Europe / Alexander Riser -- Inclusive Development, Sustainability, and Democracy: Illusive Goals in the Context of Neo-Liberalism, Populism and Resurgent Authoritarianism in Sri Lanka / Siri Hettige -- The Church in Ukraine: A Century-Long Movement "Away from Moscow" / Natalia Shlikhta -- The Intersection of Climate Change, Gender Equality, and Legal Framework: Analyzing the Impact of Environmental Policies on Women's Rights and Opportunities in Sri Lanka's Fragile Democracy / Muthukuda Arachchige Dona Shiroma Jeeva Shirajanie -- Part III: Retrospectively Looking Forward to the Future -- Coping with the Climate War and Resurgent Authoritarianism: A View from Taiwan / Paul Jobin -- Democratic Resilience: Ukrainian Alternative to Militant Authoritarianism / Olga Kutsenko -- Understanding Russian Reality and Attitude towards Ukrainian war through the Lens of Ukrainian and Russian Media / Elzbieta Sawa-Czajka -- Democracy and Autocracy Impact on Countries' Sustainability: The Tragedy of the Commons Revisited / Barbara Wejnert -- Democratic Backsliding in Federal States / James A. Gardner.

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The global rise of autocracy : its threat to a sustainable future

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