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Availability:In StockContributor:Scott WilliamsonPublish date:2024-11-28Pages:365
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009484060ISBN-10:1009484060UPC:9781009484060Book Category:Political ScienceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SCDECT64Y4
Why are some autocrats more effective than others at retaining popular support even when their governments perform poorly? To develop insights into popular politics and governance across authoritarian regimes, this book stresses the importance of understanding autocratic blame games. Scott Williamson argues that how autocrats share power affects their ability to shift blame, so that they are less vulnerable to the public's grievances when they delegate decision-making powers to other political elites. He shows that this benefit of power-sharing influences when autocrats limit their control over decision-making, how much they repress, and whether their regimes provide accountability. He also argues that ruling monarchs are particularly well positioned among autocrats to protect their reputations by sharing power, which contributes to their surprising durability in the modern world. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Jordan and cross-national analysis of autocracies, the book illustrates the important role of blame in the politics of authoritarian regimes.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009484060ISBN-10:1009484060UPC:9781009484060Book Category:Political ScienceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 inchesWeight:1.0803Product ID:SCDECT64Y4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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