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Political Institutions under Dictatorship

Political Institutions under Dictatorship

by Jennifer Gandhi
Hardback
Publication Date: 08/09/2008

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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.
ISBN:
9780521897952
9780521897952
Category:
Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
08-09-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
260
Dimensions (mm):
235x158x19mm
Weight:
0.49kg

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