Bristol University Press Authoritarian contagion: the global threat to democracy, paperback/luke cooper

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The 21st century has not seen the triumph of democracy that some predicted.

Instead, amidst the many crises facing humanity, a new authoritarianism is emerging.

This innovative and important book draws on examples from around the world to examine the spread of draconian and nationalistic forms of government: a lurch towards 'authoritarian protectionism' which observes a simple maxim, that 'the world may end for others, but not for us'.

While there is hope that the COVID-19 crisis could lead to a reinvigoration of democracy and a new economic agenda, there is also the risk of a further slide towards authoritarian rule and an urgent need for democratic renewal and change to combat this.

The novel conceptualization offered in this book will give readers a new and deeper insight into the changing nature of the authoritarian threat to democracy - and how it might be overcome.

About author(s): Luke Cooper is a consultant researcher based at LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

He was previously a Visiting Fellow on the Europe's Futures programme at the IWM (Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna) and is currently researching European politics and the global rise of authoritarianism.

He runs a podcast called the Another Europe is Possible Podcast, with Zoe Williams of The Guardian.