Dictators and Dictatorships: Understanding Authoritarian Regimes and Their Leaders"Dictators and Dictatorships" is a qualitative enquiry into the politics of authoritarian regimes. It argues that political outcomes in dictatorships are largely a product of leader-elite relations. Differences in the internal structure of dictatorships affect the dynamics of this relationship. This book shows how dictatorships differ from one another and the implications of these differences for political outcomes. In particular, it examines political processes in personalist, military, single-party, monarchic, and hybrid regimes.The aim of the book is to provide a clear definition of what dictatorship means, how authoritarian politics works, and what the political consequences of dictatorship are. It discusses how authoritarianism influences a range of political outcomes, such as economic performance, international conflict, and leader and regime durability.Numerous case studies from around the world support the theory and research presented to foster a better understanding of the inner workings of authoritarian regimes. By combining theory with concrete political situations, the book will appeal to undergraduate students in comparative politics, international relations, authoritarian politics, and democratization. |
Contents
Typologies | 1 |
2 The Causes of Dictatorship | 27 |
Strategies and Trends | 54 |
Strategies and Trends | 81 |
5 Coups | 96 |
6 Dictatorships and Political Gridlock | 113 |
7 Dictatorships and the Economy | 127 |
8 Dictatorships and International Conflict | 142 |
10 Singleparty Dictatorships in Eastern Europe Asia and Beyond | 191 |
11 Personalist Dictatorships in SubSaharan Africa and Beyond | 215 |
12 Monarchies in the Middle East and Beyond | 240 |
13 Hybrid Dictatorships | 264 |
Conclusion | 276 |
Bibliography | 280 |
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Acemoglu African Personal Dictatorships Amin audience costs authoritarian politics authoritarian regimes behavior Bokassa Central African Republic Chapter civilian co-optation Communist conflict corruption countries Decalo decisions democracies democratic dictator’s discuss domestic economic elections electoral elite support ensure example factions factors forces foreign policy forms of dictatorship Geddes groups Haiti Huntington Hussein Ibid ideology individuals institutions internal Iran Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jean-Claude Duvalier Joseph Mobutu Kleptocracy Latin America leaders leadership legitimacy levels loyalty Magaloni masses Middle East military coups military dictatorships military regimes Military Rule military’s Mobutu monarchies Neo-patrimonial Nigeria officers one-party opposition organization oust Papa Doc party elites personalist dictators personalist dictatorships political parties regime type regime’s repression revolution role ruling family ships single-party dictatorships single-party regimes single-party systems society stage a coup stay in power strategies structure sub-Saharan survival Swaziland threat tion torships totalitarian types of dictatorships typically typology Uganda winning coalition Zaire