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Authoritarianism has emerged as a prominent theme in popular and academic discussions of politics since the 2016 US presidential election and the coinciding expansion of authoritarian rhetoric and ideals across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Until recently, however, academic geographers have not focused squarely on the concept of authoritarianism. Its longstanding absence from the field is noteworthy as geographers have made extensive contributions to theorizing structural inequalities, injustice, and other expressions of oppressive or illiberal power relations and their diverse spatialities. Identifying this void, Spatializing Authoritarianism builds upon recent research to show that even when conceptualized as a set of practices rather than as a simple territorial label, authoritarianism has a spatiality: both drawing from and producing political space and scale in many often surprising ways. This volume advances the argument that authoritarianism must be investigated by accounting for the many scales at which it is produced, enacted, and imagined. Including a diverse array of theoretical perspectives and empirical cases drawn from the Global South and North, this collection illustrates the analytical power of attending to authoritarianism's diverse scalar and spatial expressions, and how intimately connected it is with identity narratives, built landscapes, borders, legal systems, markets, and other territorial and extraterritorial expressions of power.

The time-tested way to defeat authoritarianism / Maria J. Stephan and Timothy Snyder -- African authoritarianism must be stopped / Phil Wilmot -- Is Nigeria still a democracy? / Sebastian Spio-Garbrah -- Authoritarianism in Venezuela / Zeeshan Aleem -- Turkey is a trendsetter in the slide to authoritarian rule / Barc̦in Yi̇nanc̦ -- The rise of new authoritarianism in the EU / Märt Trasberg -- Vladimir Putin, anti-Americanism, and Russian authoritarianism / Paul Hollander -- The dangerous rise of populist global attacks on human rights values / Kenneth Roth -- The origins of modern authoritarianism / Freedom House -- Authoritarianism comes in waves / David Motadel -- The return of the strongman / Graeme Hamilton -- Is Internet freedom a tool for democracy or authoritarianism? / Elizabeth Stoycheff and Erik C. Nisbet -- Factors that enable totalitarianism / Tyler DeBrauwere -- Far right populism and the will of the people / Dinyar Godrej -- Why voters elect authoritarians / Mike Cummings and Milan Svolik -- The causes of authoritarianism in the former Soviet Republics / Charles H. Fairbanks -- Is authoritarianism really a bad thing? / Deena Stryker -- Strengths and weaknesses of autocratic leadership / Legacee Corporate Services -- Singapore and the limits of authoritarian prosperity / Freedom House -- A boring but tolerable life / Thomas Pepinsky -- Is China's Xi Jiping a "good" authoritarian? / Mark Beeson -- Dictators delight in Trump's victory / Brian Klaas -- China and Singapore are not the models to follow / Mark P. Lagon and Brittany L. Fried -- Egypt's new era of repression / Amr Hamzawy -- The time-tested way to defeat authoritarianism / Maria J. Stephan and Timothy Snyder -- African authoritarianism must be stopped / Phil Wilmot -- Five ways to fight authoritarianism / Aric McBay -- The fight against authoritarianism starts now / Sarah Freeman-Woolpert -- How democracies can fight authoritarian sharp power / Christopher Walker, Shanthi Kalathil, and Jessica Ludwig -- Resisting Trumpism in Europe and the United States / John Shattuck.

Drawing data from multiple sources, Un argues that following the 1993 United Nations intervention to promote democracy, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) perpetuated a patronage state weak in administrative capacity but strong in coercive capacity. This enabled them to maintain the presence of electoral authoritarianism, but increased political awareness among the public, the rise in political activism among community-based organizations and a united opposition led to the emergence of a counter-movement. Sensing that this counter-movement might be unstoppable, the CPP has returned Cambodia to authoritarianism, a move made possible in part by China's pivot to Cambodia.

"This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest knowledge on authoritarian regimes. Combining quantitative research and in-depth case studies, it not only provides novel insight into past and current dictatorships but also forecasts potential new developments in authoritarian politics. Through detailed analyses of diverse authoritarian regimes, including those in China, Egypt, North Korea, Syria, Turkmenistan and Uganda, this Research Handbook examines authoritarian performance, credibility and legitimacy. Arguing that the key to understanding authoritarian politics is the politics of survival, chapters provide detailed analysis of central actors, institutions, and strategies to illustrate the impact of efforts to retain power on wider political outcomes. With sections dedicated to exploring common issues for authoritarianism researchers and showcasing cutting-edge developments in the field, contributors provide insight into important questions on how authoritarian regimes continue to survive today. Presenting detailed explorations of classic and contemporary trends in authoritarianism, this Research Handbook will be an essential resource for students and scholars of authoritarianism, international relations, and comparative politics. It will also be an invaluable guide for policymakers seeking to understand modern authoritarianism"--

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I: Prophets of Deceit -- 1 The Themes of Agitation -- 2 Social Malaise -- 3 A Hostile World -- 4 The Ruthless Enemy -- 5 The Helpless Enemy -- 6 The Enemy as Jew -- 7 A Home for the Homeless -- 8 The Follower -- 9 Self-Portrait of the Agitator -- 10 What the Listener Heard -- Appendix I: Samples of Profascist or Anti-Semitic Statements by the Agitators Quoted in This Study -- Appendix II: Bibliography of Printed Source Material -- PART II: Terror's Dehumanizing Effects -- 11 Atomization of Man -- PART III: Images of Prejudice -- Prefatory Note -- 12 The Parasite -- 13 Intellect and Education -- 14 Manners and Mores -- 15 The Clan -- 16 Unpunished Enj oyment -- 17 Totalitarian Aspects -- PART IV: Toward a Psychology of Authoritarianism -- 18 Authority and Culture -- 19 Authority as a Social Relationship -- 20 Authority in the Course of History -- 21 Authority and Family -- Excursus: Draft Animals and Slavery -- Afterword

"This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyse Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalisation. By organising its approach into four main themes, this volume succinctly reveals the challenges facing civil society in authoritarian regimes, including: actions under political repression; transitions to democracy; uncivil society; political capture and legal control. It features in-depth analyses of a variety of Asian nations, from 'hard' authoritarian regimes, like China, to 'electoral' authoritarian regimes, like Cambodia whilst also addressing countries experiencing democratic regression, such as the Philippines. By highlighting concrete responses and initiatives taken by civil society under authoritarianism, it advances the intellectual mandate of redefining Asia as a dynamic and interconnected formation and, moreover, as a space for the production of new theoretical insight. Contributing to our understanding of the tensions, dynamics, and potentialities that animate state-society relations in authoritarian regimes, this will be essential reading for students and scholars of civil society, authoritarianism, and Asian politics more generally"--