The Dictator's Dilemma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dictator's Dilemma write by Bruce Dickson. This book was released on 2016-05-16. The Dictator's Dilemma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and again following the serial collapse of communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain. Their prediction, however, never proved true. Despite minor setbacks, China has experienced explosive economic growth and relative political stability ever since 1989. In The Dictator's Dilemma, eminent China scholar Bruce Dickson provides a comprehensive explanation for regime's continued survival and prosperity. Dickson contends that the popular media narrative of the party's impending implosion ignores some basic facts. The regime's policies may generate resentment and protest, but the CCP still enjoys a surprisingly high level of popular support. Nor is the party is not cut off from the people it governs. It consults with a wide range of specialists, stakeholders, and members of the general public in a selective yet extensive manner. Further, it tolerates and even encourages a growing and diverse civil society, even while restricting access to it. Today, the majority of Chinese people see the regime as increasingly democratic even though it does not allow political competition and its leaders are not accountable to the electorate. In short, while the Chinese people may prefer change, they prefer that it occurs within the existing political framework. In reaching this conclusion, Dickson draws upon original public opinion surveys, interviews, and published materials to explain why there is so much popular support for the regime. This basic stability is a familiar story to China specialists, but not to those whose knowledge of contemporary China is limited to the popular media. The Dictator's Dilemma, an engaging synthesis of how the CCP rules and its future prospects, will enlighten both audiences, and will be essential for anyone interested in understanding China's increasing importance in world politics.
The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box
The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box write by Masaaki Higashijima. This book was released on 2022. The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Modern dictatorships hold elections. Contrary to our stereotypical views of autocratic politics, dictators often introduce elections with limited manipulation wherein they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud and pro-regime electoral institutions. Why do such electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box explores how dictators design elections and what consequences those elections have on political order. It argues that strong autocrats who can effectively garner popular support through extensive economic distribution become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition's stunning election victories. The book's theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics--Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The book's findings suggest that indicators of free and fair elections in dictatorships may not be enough to achieve full-fledged democratization.
The Political Economy of Dictatorship
The Political Economy of Dictatorship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Economy of Dictatorship write by Ronald Wintrobe. This book was released on 2000-09-25. The Political Economy of Dictatorship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behaviour of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. In The Political Economy of Dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe uses rational choice theory to model dictatorships: their strategies for accumulating power, the constraints on their behavior, and why they are often more popular than is commonly accepted. The book explores both the politics and the economics of dictatorships, and the interaction between them. The questions addressed include: What determines the repressiveness of a regime? Can political authoritarianism be 'good' for the economy? After the fall, who should be held responsible for crimes against human rights? The book contains many applications, including chapters on Nazi Germany, Soviet Communism, South Africa under apartheid, the ancient Roman Empire and Pinochet's Chile. It also provides a guide to the policies which should be followed by the democracies towards dictatorships.
The Rise of Digital Repression
The Rise of Digital Repression - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Digital Repression write by Steven Feldstein. This book was released on 2021. The Rise of Digital Repression available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Book" -- dust jacket.
The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box
The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box write by Masaaki Higashijima. This book was released on 2015. The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
