Sultanistic Regimes Yolanda Jordan Surveying the Avant-Garde examines the

Surveying the Avant-Garde examines the art and literature of the Americas in the early twentieth century through the lens of the questionnaire

Darwinian evolution

and other social media

to improve their practice and get better at what they do

Considerable research evidence as well as practitioners' own experiences make one crucial point time and time again

Sultanistic Regimes Yolanda Jordan Surveying the Avant-Garde examines theAmong the world's authoritarian governments have always been those based not on ideology, a leader's personal mission, or even charisma, but simply on raw power sustained by fear of punishment and hope of reward. Such regimes are described by the authors of the present volume as ''sultanistic.'' Common to all of them is the leader's freedom to exercise power without restraint, unencumbered by a commitment to law, ideology, or values. Under these