Dictators and dictatorships : understanding authoritarian regimes and their leaders /

Ezrow, Natasha M.

Dictators and dictatorships : understanding authoritarian regimes and their leaders / Natasha M. Ezrow, Erica Frantz. - New York : Continuum, c2011. - xix, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

9781441114686 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1441114688 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781441173966 (pbk. : alk. paper) 144117396X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Dictatorship.
Dictators.
Authoritarianism.
Dictadura.
Dictadores.
Autoritarismo.

JC 495 / E99d 2011

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