The Dictator's Handbook

The Dictator's Handbook

Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

319 pages· 2011· ISBN 9781610390453
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Explains the theory of political survival, particularly in cases of dictators and despotic governments, arguing that political leaders seek to stay in power using any means necessary, most commonly by attending to the interests of certain coalitions.

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