LEADER 04284nam 2200565 450 001 9910554232403321 005 20231110232219.0 010 $a3-11-071332-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110713329 035 $a(CKB)5470000000571012 035 $a(DE-B1597)565765 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110713329 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6701150 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6701150 035 $a(PPN)259896500 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000571012 100 $a20220428d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeath by a thousand cuts $ethe slow demise of democracy /$fMatt Qvortrup 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 187 p.) 225 0 $aDemocracy in Times of Upheaval ;$v1 311 $a3-11-069817-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tForeword -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter One: The Theories of Democratic Breakdown -- $tChapter Two: The Psychopathology of Dictatorship -- $tChapter Three: Dictators 1919?1945 -- $tChapter Four: Dictators During the Cold War -- $tChapter Five: Dictatorships and Demagogues after the Fall of the Berlin Wall -- $tChapter Six: How Demagogues Get Elected ? and Abuse Democracy -- $tChapter Seven: The Courts, the Press, and the Dictators -- $tChapter Eight: What is the Track Record of Autocratic Regimes? -- $tConcluding Unscientific Postscript -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aPutting the current crisis of democracy into historical perspective, Death by a Thousand Cuts chronicles how would-be despots, dictators, and outright tyrants have finessed the techniques of killing democracies earlier in history, in the 20th Century, and how today?s autocrats increasingly continue to do so in the 21st. It shows how autocratic government becomes a kleptocracy, sustained only to enrich the ruler and his immediate family. But the book also addresses the problems of being a dictator and considers if dictatorships are successful in delivering public policies, and finally, how autocracies break down. We tend to think of democratic breakdowns as dramatic events, such as General Pinochet?s violent coup in Chile, or Generalissimo Franco?s overthrow of the Spanish Republic. But this is not how democracies tend to die ? only five percent of democracies end like this. Most often, popular government is brought down gradually; almost imperceptibly. Based in part on Professor Qvortrup?s BBC Programme Death by a Thousand Cuts (Radio-4, 2019), the book shows how complacency is the greatest danger for the survival of government by the people. Recently democratically elected politicians have used crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy. They follow a pattern we have seen in all democracies since the dawn of civilisation. The methods used by Octavian in the dying days of the Roman Republic were almost identical to those used by Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán in 2020. And, sadly, there are no signs that the current malaise will go away. Death by a Thousand Cuts adds substance to a much-discussed topic: the threat to democracy. It provides evidence and historical context like no other book on the market. Written in an accessible style with vignettes as well as new empirical data, the books promises to be the defining book on the topic. This book will help readers who are concerned about the longevity of democracy understand when and why democracy is in danger of collapsing, and alert them to the warning signs of its demise. 410 0$aDemocracy in Times of Upheaval 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aDictatorship 610 $aAuthoritarianism. 610 $aDemagogues. 610 $aDictatorship. 610 $aPopulism. 610 $aStrong-men. 615 0$aDemocracy. 615 0$aDictatorship. 676 $a321.8 700 $aQvortrup$b Matt$0790710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554232403321 996 $aDeath by a Thousand Cuts$92819066 997 $aUNINA