@ascharpf
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Researching dictatorships and the dark side of politics | https://www.adamscharpf.net/ Author of "Making a Career in Dictatorship", OUP | https://tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
Foreign influencers help authoritarian regimes: while they may not sway domestic audiences already saturated with propaganda, they can reshape the perceptions of more credulous foreign publics journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just arrived: MAKING A CAREER IN DICTATORSHIP.
Featuring original visualizations throughout, the book reconstructs an entire military organization using career data from 15k officers.
A deep dive into how the security apparatus in autocracies really works.
Excited to finally hold it in my hands.
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Sehr gerne!
Vielen Dank Jens. Das freut uns sehr! Bei Fragen stehen Christian und ich jederzeit gerne zur Verfügung.
Thank you so much, Sabine!
Together with his colleague Christian Gläßel from Hertie School, @ascharpf.bsky.social #UCPH has set out to investigate what it is that has ordinary people committing atrocities: uniavisen.dk/en/what-do-p...
Thank you so much, Fiona – also for your excellent feedback in the book workshop!
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Thanks so much Anita! What a great time it was! 🤩
Thank you so much for your kind words, Rahel.
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We are tremendously grateful for the feedback and support by friends, peers, and colleagues, including:
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Invitation:
If you’re using the book in your teaching, please get in touch!
We'd be happy to present it to your students or answer questions during an online "Meet the Authors" session.
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The book has been years in the making. We actually started working on it back in grad school.
With all the news about eroding democracies and growing autocracies around the globe, we hope it helps protect societies and human rights today and in the future.
Here are a few features that we think make the book really unique:
A big 🙏 to all those who've already featured some of our findings:
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@iansociologo.bsky.social
@donmoyn.bsky.social
@timfrye.bsky.social
@svobodster.bsky.social
@bostonglobe.com
@zeit.de
We are thrilled — and very grateful — for the fantastic endorsements the book has received from outstanding scholars across different fields, including a Nobel Laureate.
We would also like to thank @dfg.de for their financial support of our project.
Here is what the book is about in a nutshell.
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Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ...
Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?
Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:
tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
Congratulations, Alex!
Reißerischer Titel, aber lesenswerter Artikel:
Interview mit meinem Ko-Autor Christian Gläßel über unser neues Buch „Making a Career in Dictatorship“ auf @krautreporter.bsky.social.
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In light of my data-based graph (☝️), I find the cartoon of the “Board of Peace” by @bjennings90.bsky.social for @theguardian.com to be absolutely spot on:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Key takeaway (at least for me):
It's not surprising that autocrats and dictators try to erode or replace the rule-based international order.
What is new, however, is that the United States—the world's most powerful democracy—now also seems to be leading such efforts.
The graph ranks the countries based on their BoP status and their ruling regime.
Data: BoP status comes from Wikipedia, data on regimes from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social.
Note: Regime data for Vatican City and the EU is not available.
Donald Trump just officially launched his "Board of Peace" (BoP) at the World Economic Forum.
Some fear that the goal is to undermine the United Nations.
But which countries participate, which don't, and which haven't yet decided?
Let's quickly look at this!
[Caution: Data-based hot take]
Largely unnoticed outside of Argentina, President Milei is planning a massive expansion of the intelligence service's powers – SIDE.
Among other things, agents would be allowed to arrest citizens.
I spoke with the Buenos Aires Herald about possible consequences and parallels to the country's past.
Our book, "Making a Career in Dictatorship: The Secret Logic Behind Repression and Coups," will be shipping in less than a month.
For all those curious, here is the updated information kit with summaries, pointers, and more:
tinyurl.com/4n5da6p6