Description: Constraining Dictatorship Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). From Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes Author(s): Anne Meng Format: Paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 9781108792479, 978-1108792479 Synopsis How do some dictatorships become institutionalized ruled-based systems, while others remain heavily personalist? Once implemented, do executive constraints actually play an effective role in promoting autocratic stability? To understand patterns of regime institutionalization, this book studies the emergence of constitutional term limits and succession procedures, as well as elite power-sharing within presidential cabinets. Anne Meng argues that institutions credibly constrain leaders only when they change the underlying distribution of power between leaders and elites by providing elites with access to the state. She also shows that initially weak leaders who institutionalize are less likely to face coup attempts and are able to remain in office for longer periods than weak leaders who do not. Drawing on an original time-series dataset of 46 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1960 to 2010, formal theory, and case studies, this book ultimately illustrates how some dictatorships evolve from personalist strongman rule to institutionalized regimes.
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Book Title: Constraining Dictatorship
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2020
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Constraining Dictatorship: from Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes
Language: English
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Sociology
Author: Anne Meng
Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Format: Paperback
