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.