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Personalist rule in Africa and other world regions / Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bosch, Jeroen J. J. van den, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies on African politics and international relations
- Routledge studies in African politics and international relations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dictatorship--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Dictatorship.
- Political leadership--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Political leadership.
- Political culture--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Political culture.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch is an independent researcher working on dictatorships and is affiliated with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, as a project coordinator.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A Throne of Bayonets
- What is Personalism and Why Does it Matter?
- Fear & Greed
- Four Pillars of Personalist Regime Behavior
- Framing The Vicious Circle
- Modeling Transitions from Personalist Rule
- Divide & Rule
- Testing the Relational Aspects of the Model
- Resource Curses
- Testing the Functional Aspects of the Model
- Votes & violence
- Testing the Dysfunctional Aspects of the Model
- Findings on the Impact of Personalist Rule
- Comparing African Cases and Structuring Causal Factors
- Findings on Vicious Circles
- Comparing Post-Personalist Transitions
- Lessons From Africa
- Personalism in Comparative Perspective
- Summary and Final Thoughts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 29, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bosch, Jeroen J.J. van den. Personalist rule in Africa and other world regions.
- ISBN:
- 9781003057949
- 1003057942
- 9781000377071
- 1000377075
- 9781000377118
- 1000377113
- Publisher Number:
- 40030640806
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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