... values, and the prevalence of totalitarian discursive elements. This quantitative alteration co-occurred with a qualitative change of the intensity of totalitarian gnosis that increased from the low to the moderate extent. This paper aims to examine the extent of the intensity of totalitarian political...

..., transition, and democratic consolidation. * Corresponding author. © 2017 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Totalitarianism Post-communism Frustration Societal frustration...

...Sergej Flere; Rudi Klanjšek State authorities in Croatia and Slovenia have recently indiscriminately designated Tito’s Yugoslavia as totalitarian without reservations. Neither of these authorities referred to any systematic considerations of totalitarianism, nor did they analyze the manner...

...Yeon Joo Kim This study investigates the impact of economic statecraft on the North Korean Government. As a totalitarian regime, which is characterized by a controlled mass media, the North Korean Government tries to contain potential problems caused by sanctions by using three types of political...

...Alexander Dukalskis; Zachary Hooker This article attempts to analyze the construction and maintenance of political legitimacy in North Korea through the lens of its state-produced films. After classifying North Korea’s regime as totalitarian, we then discuss the strategies of legitimation available...

..., the success of China actually depends on one man—the leader. Totalitarianism Authoritarianism Crime Deng Xiaoping Human rights © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California * Tel...

... change in communist and post-communist countries. This article attempts to address the significance of this problem, revisit the utility of the totalitarian model, and develop a refined macro-model that can serve as the means to solve the problem and as reference points to define regime identity, assess...