The revival of authoritarianism is one of the most important forces reshaping world politics
today. However, not all authoritarians are the same. To examine both resurgence and
variation in authoritarian rule, Karrie J. Koesel, Valerie J. Bunce, and Jessica Chen Weiss
gather a leading cast of scholars to compare the most powerful autocracies in global politics
today: Russia and China. The essays in Citizens and the State in Authoritarian Regimes
focus on three issues that currently animate debates about these two countries and, more …

As stated in the promotional material, this edited volume compares the two most powerful
authoritarian states in global politics today: Russia and China. This is an important
undertaking because comparison between these two authoritarian giants is remarkably rare
and much needed. Such comparison gives additional knowledge about the two individual
countries, at the same time as it increases the understanding of policies, ideational
motivations, and modes of action of authoritarian states in general. Russia and China …