PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Sergei Guriev is professor of economics and director of graduate studies in economics at Sciences Po in Paris and former chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Twitter @sguriev Daniel Treisman is professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev. Twitter @dstreisman
A deeply researched tour d'horizon of the evolving dark arts of authoritarian politics. ---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs The authors carefully document dozens of strategies used by authoritarian regimes around the world to successfully pass themselves off as populist supporters of democracy when the actual goal is tyranny and absolute power. As depressing as this scenario may be, the authors do politically concerned readers an immense favor, enabling us to recognize these tactics and, with that knowledge, ultimately oppose this new breed of dictator. * Booklist *
