Milan W. Svolik

Politics of Authoritarian Rule (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they rule - the problem of authoritarian control. Secondly from the elites with whom dictators rule - the problem of authoritarian power-sharing. Using the tools of game theory, Svolik explains why some dictators establish personal autocracy and stay in power for decades; why elsewhere leadership changes are regular and institutionalized, as in contemporary China; why some dictatorships are ruled by soldiers, as Uganda was under Idi Amin; why many authoritarian regimes, such as PRI-era Mexico, maintain regime-sanctioned political parties; and why a country's authoritarian past casts a long shadow over its prospects for democracy, as the unfolding events of the Arab Spring reveal. Svolik complements these and other historical case studies with the statistical analysis on institutions, leaders and ruling coalitions across dictatorships from 1946 to 2008.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139558631
• Artikelnr.: 38279479

Autorenporträt

Milan W. Svolik is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Svolik's articles on authoritarian politics, transitions to democracy, and democratic consolidation have appeared in leading political science journals, including the American Political Science Review and the American Journal of Political Science. His research interests include comparative politics, political economy and formal political theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the anatomy of dictatorship; 2. The world of authoritarian
politics; Part I. The Problem of Authoritarian Power-Sharing: 3. And then
there was one!: authoritarian power-sharing and the path to personal
dictatorship; 4. Institutions, collective action, and the success of
authoritarian power-sharing; Part II. The Problem of Authoritarian Control:
5. Moral hazard in authoritarian repression and the origins of military
dictatorships; 6. Why authoritarian parties?: the regime party as an
instrument of co-optation and control; 7. Conclusion: incentives and
institutions in authoritarian politics.