How Dictatorships Work

How Dictatorships Work
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9781107115828
ISBN-13 : 1107115825
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Book Synopsis How Dictatorships Work by : Barbara Geddes

Download or read book How Dictatorships Work written by Barbara Geddes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.

Constraining Dictatorship

Constraining Dictatorship
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781108834896
ISBN-13 : 1108834892
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Constraining Dictatorship by : Anne Meng

Download or read book Constraining Dictatorship written by Anne Meng and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa reveals how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rule-based systems.

Dictators and Dictatorships

Dictators and Dictatorships
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9781441173966
ISBN-13 : 144117396X
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dictators and Dictatorships by : Natasha M. Ezrow

Download or read book Dictators and Dictatorships written by Natasha M. Ezrow and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >

Popular Dictatorships

Popular Dictatorships
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9781009051576
ISBN-13 : 1009051571
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Popular Dictatorships by : Aleksandar Matovski

Download or read book Popular Dictatorships written by Aleksandar Matovski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electoral autocracies – regimes that adopt democratic institutions but subvert them to rule as dictatorships – have become the most widespread, resilient and malignant non-democracies today. They have consistently ruled over a third of the countries in the world, including geopolitically significant states like Russia, Turkey, Venezuela, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan. Challenging conventional wisdom, Popular Dictators shows that the success of electoral authoritarianism is not due to these regimes' superior capacity to repress, bribe, brainwash and manipulate their societies into submission, but is actually a product of their genuine popular appeal in countries experiencing deep political, economic and security crises. Promising efficient, strong-armed rule tempered by popular accountability, elected strongmen attract mass support in societies traumatized by turmoil, dysfunction and injustice, allowing them to rule through the ballot box. Popular Dictators argues that this crisis legitimation strategy makes electoral authoritarianism the most significant threat to global peace and democracy.

The Dictator's Handbook

The Dictator's Handbook
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Publisher : Public Affairs
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781610390446
ISBN-13 : 161039044X
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Dictator's Handbook by : Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Download or read book The Dictator's Handbook written by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the theory of political survival, particularly in cases of dictators and despotic governments, arguing that political leaders seek to stay in power using any means necessary, most commonly by attending to the interests of certain coalitions.

From Dictatorship to Democracy

From Dictatorship to Democracy
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Publisher : Albert Einstein Institution
Total Pages : 85
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ISBN-10 : 9781880813096
ISBN-13 : 1880813092
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Book Synopsis From Dictatorship to Democracy by : Gene Sharp

Download or read book From Dictatorship to Democracy written by Gene Sharp and published by Albert Einstein Institution. This book was released on 2008 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A serious introduction to the use of nonviolent action to topple dictatorships. Based on the author's study, over a period of forty years, on non-violent methods of demonstration, it was originally published in 1993 in Thailand for distribution among Burmese dissidents.

Private Government

Private Government
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780691192246
ISBN-13 : 0691192243
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Private Government by : Elizabeth Anderson

Download or read book Private Government written by Elizabeth Anderson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments—and why we can’t see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a “dictatorship.” Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are—private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers’ speech, clothing, and manners on the job, and employers often extend their authority to the off-duty lives of workers, who can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.