The political economy of dictatorship / Ronald Wintrobe, University of Western Ontario
Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice theory to model dictatorships: their strategies for...
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| Auteurs principaux: | Wintrobe, Ronald (Auteur) |
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
| Publié: | Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; Madrid ; Cape Town ; Singapore ; São Paulo : Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
| Édition: | First paperback edition |
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| Accès en ligne: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Résumé: | Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice theory to model dictatorships: their strategies for accumulating power, the constraints on their behavior, and why they are often more popular than is commonly accepted. The book explores both the politics and the economics of dictatorships, and the interaction between them. The questions addressed include: What determines the repressiveness of a regime? Can political authoritarianism be 'good' for the economy? After the fall, who should be held responsible for crimes against human rights? The book contains many applications, including chapters on Nazi Germany, Soviet Communism, South Africa under apartheid, the ancient Roman Empire and Pinochet's Chile. It also provides a guide to the policies which should be followed by the democracies towards dictatorships. |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 351-367 Enthält ein Namensregister und ein Sachregister Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke "First published 1998" - Rückseite Titelblatt |
| Description matérielle: | x, 390 Seiten Diagramme 23cm |
| ISBN: | 9780521794497 0521794498 9780521583299 0521583292 |
