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" The dictator's handbook : "
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.
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BL
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602860
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b432079
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| Main Entry
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Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce,1946-
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The dictator's handbook : : why bad behavior is almost always good politics /\ Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: PublicAffairs,, 2011.
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xxv, 319 p. ;; 25 cm.
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9781610390446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 161039044X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9781610390453 (e-book)
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: 1610390458 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: rules to rule by -- The rules of politics -- Coming to power -- Staying in power -- Steal from the poor, give to the rich -- Getting and spending -- If corruption empowers, then absolute corruption empowers absolutely -- Foreign aid -- The people in revolt -- War, peace, and world order -- What is to be done?
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Explains the theory of political survival, particularly in cases of dictators and despotic governments, arguing that political leaders seek to stay in power using any means necessary, most commonly by attending to the interests of certain coalitions.
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Political leadership-- Philosophy.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Political corruption.
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303.3/4
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Smith, Alastair,1967-
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