TY - BOOK ID - 535624 TI - The politics of authoritarian rule PY - 2012 SN - 9781107024793 9781107607453 9781139176040 9781139554879 1139554875 9781139549912 113954991X 1139176048 9781139552424 1139552422 110702479X 1107607450 9781283575188 1283575183 1316089967 9781316089965 1139564706 9781139564700 1139551167 9781139551168 9786613887634 6613887633 1139556126 9781139556125 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political sociology KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - Authoritarianism. KW - Authoritarianism KW - Political science KW - General. KW - Political scienceGeneral. KW - Case studies. KW - Dictatorship. KW - Authority KW - authoritarian regime KW - case study KW - dictatorship KW - diktatur KW - δικτατορία KW - diktatuur KW - diktatúra KW - diktatūra KW - Diktatur KW - dictatură KW - deachtóireacht KW - diktatuuri KW - diktatura KW - ditadura KW - dictadura KW - dittatura KW - диктатура KW - dictatuur KW - diktaturë KW - dictature KW - dyktatura KW - диктаторски режим KW - diktátorství KW - diktátori rendszer KW - апсолутна власт KW - régimen dictatorial KW - авторитарна власт KW - regime dittatoriale KW - diktatórikus rendszer KW - неограничена власт KW - parancsuralom KW - режим KW - vláda neomezené moci KW - esettanulmány KW - rast studimor KW - περιπτωσιολογική μελέτη KW - prípadová štúdia KW - casestudy KW - fallstudie KW - cás-staidéar KW - atvejo tyrimas KW - studiu de caz KW - анализа случаја KW - estudo de casos KW - gadījumu izpēte KW - студија на случај KW - Fallstudie KW - estudio de casos KW - juhtumiuuring KW - tapaustutkimus KW - étude de cas KW - případová studie KW - studia przypadków KW - изучаване на процеса KW - analiza slučaja KW - študija primera KW - studio di fattispecie KW - studju tal-każijiet KW - estudio de caso práctico KW - estudio de casos típicos KW - gadījumu studijas KW - case-study KW - análisis de casos típicos KW - problemos nagrinėjimas KW - анализа на случај KW - детално проучување на случај KW - análisis de ejemplos concretos KW - studija slučaja KW - estudio de casos concretos KW - estudio de ejemplos prácticos KW - proučavanje slučaja KW - детално следење на случај KW - regime autoritario KW - autoritært styre KW - avtoritarni režim KW - autoritārais režīms KW - autoritatívny režim KW - régime autoritaire KW - regim autoritar KW - autoritair stelsel KW - reġim awtoritarju KW - autoritativní režim KW - regjim autoritar KW - autoritäres Regime KW - réimeas forlámhach KW - autoritarinis režimas KW - авторитарен режим KW - autoritaarinen hallintojärjestelmä KW - system autorytarny KW - autoritárius rendszer KW - autoritaarne režiim KW - αυταρχικό καθεστώς KW - auktoritärt styre KW - ауторитарни режим KW - autoritarni režim KW - regime autoritário KW - régimen autoritario KW - totalitárius rendszer KW - totalitarismus KW - тоталитаризам KW - totalitarinis režimas KW - totalitarizëm KW - totalitarizmas KW - totalitarismi KW - regjim totalitar KW - totalitært styre KW - ολοκληρωτικό καθεστώς KW - Totalitarismus KW - тоталитарен режим KW - totalitär regim KW - totalitarism KW - totalitārisms KW - ολοκληρωτισμός KW - regime totalitário KW - totalitarianism KW - totalitair regime KW - totalitaarinen hallintojärjestelmä KW - totalitní režim KW - totalitarni režim KW - totalitarizmus KW - régimen totalitario KW - totalitarian regime KW - totalitært regime KW - totalitarisme KW - totalita KW - totalitaarne režiim KW - totalitný režim KW - totalitarizam KW - tekintélyuralmi rendszer KW - totalitäres Regime KW - totalitní systém KW - régime totalitaire KW - totalitaarrežiim KW - totalitarismo KW - regime totalitario KW - totalitný systém KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Autoritær styreform KW - Historie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:535624 AB - 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. ER -