Download or read book Authoritarian Contagion written by Luke Cooper and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book uses examples from around the world to examine the spread of draconian and nationalistic forms of government - ‘authoritarian protectionism’ - which provides new insight into the changing nature of the authoritarian threat to democracy and how it might be overcome.