権威主義の社会的起源 The Social Roots of Authoritarianism

Forrat, Natalia

Oxford University Press Inc（2025/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780197790359
• DDC分類 320.53

Full Description

Why are some authoritarian regimes highly competitive and others highly unified? Do they function differently? And what does it mean for our understanding of democracy and democratization?

In The Social Roots of Authoritarianism, Natalia Forrat describes two models of authoritarianism: the first in which people see the state as their team leader and the other where they trust informal (non-state) leaders and see the state as a source of perks or punishment. Depending on which vision of the state is dominant in society, she argues that autocrats must use different tools to consolidate their regimes or risk a pushback. If people view the state as their team leader, autocrats rely on social conformity and teamwork logic. If people view the state as an outsider, autocrats rely on clientelist bargains and utility maximization logic. Unpacking the grassroot mechanisms maintaining unity-based and division-based authoritarianisms further, Forrat compares the structures of political machines in four Russian regions. She finds that the two regions with centralized organizational structures bound by social solidarity and team logic delivered predictable, stable results across multiple elections. But the other two regions that relied on decentralized structures with multiple levels of brokers acting independently of each other were less effective in delivering stable results.

Carefully crafted and sophisticated, Forrat's theory of authoritarian power sheds new light on state-society relations in Russia. But it is also broadly applicable beyond Russia and helps explain the divergent patterns of regime maintenance strategies in authoritarian countries throughout the world.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Authoritarian Power in Statist and Anti-Statist Societies
Chapter 2: A Tale of Four Regions
Chapter 3: Team State vs Outsider State: Public Organizations in Statist and Anti-Statist Societies
Chapter 4: The Political and the Civic: Political Machines in Anti-Statist and Statist Societies
Chapter 5: The Riddle of Russian Authoritarianism
Conclusion
References
Appendix 1: Quantitative Analysis
Appendix 2: Fieldwork Data Collection and Analysis
Appendix 3: Data on Social Policy in Kemerovo Region
Appendix 4: Newspaper Publications Related to Residential Committees and Community Centers in Kemerovo and to Their Role in Politics
Appendix 5: Newspaper Publications Related to Veterans' (Pensioners') Organizations and Their Role in Politics
Appendix 6: List of Interviews
Index