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Dictators and dictatorships : understanding authoritarian regimes and their leaders / Natasha M. Ezrow, Erica Frantz.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Continuum, c2011.Description: xix, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781441173966 (pbk.) :
  • 144117396X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC495 .E97 2011
Contents:
Authoritarian politics : typologies -- The causes of dictatorship -- The survival of authoritarian regimes : strategies and trends -- The survival of authoritarian leaders : strategies and trends -- Coups -- Dictatorships and political gridlock -- Dictatorships and the economy -- Dictatorships and international conflict -- Military dictatorships in Latin America and beyond -- Single-party dictatorships in Eastern Europe, Asia, and beyond -- Personalist dictatorships in sub-saharan Africa and beyond -- Monarchies in the Middle East and beyond -- Hybrid dictatorships.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Authoritarian politics : typologies -- The causes of dictatorship -- The survival of authoritarian regimes : strategies and trends -- The survival of authoritarian leaders : strategies and trends -- Coups -- Dictatorships and political gridlock -- Dictatorships and the economy -- Dictatorships and international conflict -- Military dictatorships in Latin America and beyond -- Single-party dictatorships in Eastern Europe, Asia, and beyond -- Personalist dictatorships in sub-saharan Africa and beyond -- Monarchies in the Middle East and beyond -- Hybrid dictatorships.

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