A detailed examination of the role of US and European 'democracy promoters' in Jordan based on a diverse range of original source material.

This book provides empirical evidence to show how democratic experiments are harnessed to achieve control and support authoritarianism, through the lens of part

With democracy in decline, authoritarian governments are staging a comeback around the world. Over the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldened and

Provides an intra-Asia comparative perspective of authoritarian legality, with a focus on formation, development, transition and post-transition stages.

In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy