Political Plasticity: The Future of Democracy and Dictatorship

ISBN-13: 9781009277167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 192 str.

Fathali M. (Georgetown University) Moghaddam

Opis

The concept of political plasticity is a powerful new tool for understanding change and continuity in behavior.

Spis treści

List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Political plasticity, the key to understanding the future of democracy and dictatorship; 2. Hard-wiring inside and outside people; Part I. Political Plasticity and Behavioral Continuity: 3. Why do leaders still exist? Leadership and followership; 4. Rich and poor – still just as different; 5. Ethnicity is forever; 6. Religion, eternally present but with a thousand faces; 7. The built environment and behavioral continuity; Part II. Change Agents, in Theory and Practice: 8. Revolutions and political plasticity; 9. War as transformative; 10. Technology forces change; 11. Globalization and deglobalization; Part III. Looking Ahead: 12. The eternal dictator and political plasticity; Afterword. Lessons learned: The example of women in education; Notes; References; Index.