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Popular Dictatorships

Alexander Matofsky
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Popular Dictatorships by Alexander Matofsky comes up on The Ezra Klein Show, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.

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He has used some really interesting new data, particularly from Russia and from Central and Eastern Europe, to say that maybe leaders have actually really risen up and have become more and more powerful.

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Best Of: A Powerful Theory of Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe on The Ezra Klein Show
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The host discusses the complexities behind the rise of authoritarian leaders and how they may garner genuine public support. They mention 'Popular Dictatorships' as a key resource that provides new insights into this phenomenon, particularly through data from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Popular Dictatorships by Alexander Matofsky most often appears in conversations about support for authoritarian leaders.

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The host discusses the complexities behind the rise of authoritarian leaders and how they may garner genuine public support. They mention 'Popular Dictatorships' as a key resource that provides new insights into this phenomenon, particularly through data from Russia and Eastern Europe.

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Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 1:29:21 in the episode where we captured it.

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Best Of: A Powerful Theory of Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe on The Ezra Klein Show is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned Popular Dictatorships by Alexander Matofsky. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 1:29:21.

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The host discusses the complexities behind the rise of authoritarian leaders and how they may garner genuine public support. They mention 'Popular Dictatorships' as a key resource that provides new insights into this phenomenon, particularly through data from Russia and Eastern Europe. It most often appears in conversations about support for authoritarian leaders.

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The first book, Alexander Matofsky, Popular Dictatorships. He has used some really interesting new data, particularly from Russia and from Central and Eastern Europe.

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For: Political scientists and students of democracy
Key quote: He has used some really interesting new data, particularly from Russia and from Central and Eastern Europe, to say that maybe leaders have actually really risen up and have become more and more powerful.
The host discusses the complexities behind the rise of authoritarian leaders and how they may garner genuine public support. They mention 'Popular Dictatorships' as a key resource that provides new insights into this phenomenon, particularly through data from Russia and Eastern Europe.