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Description of  Ideocracies in Comparison: Legitimation Cooptation Repression (Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy)

Ideocracies, or ideological dictatorships, such as the "Third Reich", the Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China have, much more than any other kinds of autocracy, characterized the history of the 20th century. Despite their undeniable loss of significance, ideocracies have not disappeared from the world in the 21st century. This book explores the functioning of ideocracies and analyses the typical interplay of legitimation, co-optation and repression which autocratic elites use in an attempt to stabilize their rule. Read more