The dictator's handbook : why bad behavior is almost always good politics / por Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith. --
By: Mesquita, Bruce Bueno de.
Contributor(s): Smith, Alastair.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2011Description: xi, 388 p. : il.ISBN: 9781541701366.Subject(s): Liderança política | Poder | Corrupção Política | Liderança políticaItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Livro Consulta | Biblioteca Graciliano Ramos | Livro Consulta | 303.3 B9286d (Browse shelf) | Ex. 1 | Não-circulante | 2023-0144 |
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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?
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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