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The Politics of Authoritarian Rule

作者：Milan W. Svolik

出版社：Cambridge University Press

出版年：2012-9-17

评分：9.3

ISBN：9781107607453

所属分类：行业好书

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内容简介

What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues that all authoritarian regimes must resolve two fundamental conflicts. First, dictators face threats from the masses over which they rule – this is the problem of authoritarian control. A second, separate challenge arises from the elites with whom dictators rule – this is the problem of authoritarian power-sharing. Crucially, whether and how dictators resolve these two problems is shaped by the dismal environment in which authoritarian politics takes place: in a dictatorship, no independent authority has the power to enforce agreements among key actors and violence is the ultimate arbiter of conflict. Using the tools of game theory, Svolik explains why some dictators, such as Saddam Hussein, establish personal autocracy and stay in power for decades; why leadership changes elsewhere 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. When assessing his arguments, Svolik complements these and other historical case studies with the statistical analysis of comprehensive, original data on institutions, leaders, and ruling coalitions across all dictatorships from 1946 to 2008.

作品目录

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.
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作者简介

Milan W. Svolik is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. 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 ...

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