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Political Institutions under Dictatorship | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Gandhi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $85.00
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Sales Rank: 1016277
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0521897955
Dewey Decimal Number: 321.9
EAN: 9780521897952
ASIN: 0521897955
Publication Date: September 8, 2008
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Product Description
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, 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, analyzing the way dictators utilize institutions as a forum in which to organize political concessions to potential opposition in an effort to neutralize threats to their power and to solicit cooperation from groups outside of the ruling elite. The use of legislatures and parties to co-opt opposition results in significant institutional effects on policies and outcomes under dictatorship.
Book Description
Gandhi's comprehensive cross-national study examines the political uses of democratic institutions by dictators. Her research examines how they are used to organize political concessions, proving that they are an important tool for dictators in managing potential opposition and that they affect policies and outcomes under authoritarian regimes.
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