Publication

1998 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

97,500 words, Guess

Page Count

390 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL677928M
  • ISBN-100521583292
  • OCLC Control Number37024223
  • Library of Congress Control Number97024262
  • LibraryThing2052861
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  • Goodreads3499395

Classifications

  • DDC338.9
  • LCCJC495 .W55 1998

Description

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 the reasons 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 of a dictatorship, who should be held responsible for crimes against human rights?

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The political economy of dictatorshipCambridge University Press1998-01-01

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