The Palgrave Handbook of Mass Dictatorship

By: Paul Corner and Jie-Hyun Lim

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Synopsis: This book offers a fresh and original approach to the study ofone of the dominant features of the twentieth century. Adopting a truly globalapproach to the realities of modern dictatorship, this handbook examines themultiple ways in which dictatorship functions - both for the rulers and for theruled - and draws on the expertise of more than twenty five distinguishedcontributors coming from European, American, and Asian universities. Whileconfronting the immense complexities of repression and popular response underdictatorship, the volume also poses a series of wide-ranging questions aboutthe political organization of present-day mass society.