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The dictator's handbook : why bad behavior is almost always good politics / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith..
Loaned to Another Library JC330.3 .B84 2022
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 1946- author.
- Smith, Alastair, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political leadership--Philosophy.
- Political leadership.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Political corruption.
- Authoritarianism--Philosophy.
- Authoritarianism.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 385 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Second trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Rules of Politics
- 2. Coming to Power
- 3. Staying in Power
- 4. Steal from the Poor, Give to the Rich
- 5. Getting and Spending
- 6. If Corruption Empowers, Then Absolute Corruption Empowers Absolutely
- 7. Foreign Aid
- 8. The People in Revolt
- 9. War, Peace, and World Order
- 10. Is Democracy Fragile?
- 11. What Is to Be Done?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781541701366
- 1541701364
- OCLC:
- 1262964702
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