Everything about Juan Linz totally explained
Juan José Linz (born
24 December 1926 in
Bonn,
Germany) is
Sterling Professor Emeritus of
Political Science at
Yale University and an honorary member of the Scientific Council at the
Juan March Institute. He is best known for his theories on
totalitarian and
authoritarian systems of government. Linz has also done extensive research on the breakdowns of
democracy and the transition back to a democratic regime. He is the author of many works on the subject, including
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, co-authored with
Alfred Stepan), his seminal work
Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes (Rienner, 2000) and his influential essay 'The Perils of Presidentialism'.
From a description of
Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes:
» "In this classic work, noted political scientist Juan Linz provides an unparalleled study of the nature of nondemocratic regimes. Linz's seminal analysis develops the fundamental distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian systems. It also presents a path-breaking discussion on the personalistic, lawless, nonideological type of authoritarian rule that he calls (following
Max Weber) the 'sultanistic regime'."
Linz has received the
Prince of Asturias Award of Social Sciences (
1987) and the
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (
1996).
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