Political institutions under dictatorship / Jennifer Gandhi.

By:

Gandhi, Jennifer, 1975-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 232 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511438288
0511438281
0511437617
9780511437618
1281903558
9781281903556
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0511510098
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9781107201972
9786611903558
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0511436939
9780511436932

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political institutions under dictatorship.DDC classification:

321.9 22

LOC classification:

JC495 .G36 2008eb

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Contents:

The world of dictatorial institutions -- Three illustrative cases : Kuwait, Morocco, Ecuador -- The use of institutions to coopt -- Institutions and policies under dictatorship -- Institutions and outcomes under dictatorship -- Institutions and the survival of dictators -- Conclusion -- Codebook of variables.

Summary: Often dismissed as window dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regimes. In a comprehensive cross-national study of all non-democratic states from 1946 to 2002 that examines the political uses of these institutions by dictators, Jennifer Gandhi finds that legislative and partisan institutions are an important component in the operation and survival of authoritarian regimes. She examines how and why these institutions are useful to dictatorships in maintaining power. In their efforts to neutralize threats to their power and to solicit cooperation from society, autocratic leaders use these institutions to organize concessions to potential opposition. The use of legislatures and parties to co-opt opposition results in significant institutional effects on policies and outcomes under dictatorship.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and indexes.

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Often dismissed as window dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regimes. In a comprehensive cross-national study of all non-democratic states from 1946 to 2002 that examines the political uses of these institutions by dictators, Jennifer Gandhi finds that legislative and partisan institutions are an important component in the operation and survival of authoritarian regimes. She examines how and why these institutions are useful to dictatorships in maintaining power. In their efforts to neutralize threats to their power and to solicit cooperation from society, autocratic leaders use these institutions to organize concessions to potential opposition. The use of legislatures and parties to co-opt opposition results in significant institutional effects on policies and outcomes under dictatorship.

English.

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