Anne Meng (University of Virginia)

Constraining Dictatorship

From Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By examining the emergence of constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa, Meng explains how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rule-based systems. This book is of interest to scholars of African and comparative politics studying political economy, formal theory, democratization, comparative constitutions, and presidential power.

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Produktdetails

• Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781108834896
• ISBN-10: 1108834892
• Artikelnr.: 59963901

Autorenporträt

Anne Meng is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics, University of Virginia. Her research centers on authoritarian politics and institutions. Professor Meng's work has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Theoretical Politics, Columbia Law Review, and Studies in Comparative International Development, and has won the 'Best Paper Award' from the Democracy and Autocracy section at APSA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Why do leaders institutionalize?
3. Two illustrative cases
4. How should institutionalization be measured?
5. What are the causes of regime institutionalization?
6. What are the consequences of institutionalization on autocratic durability?
7. What are the consequences of institutionalization on leadership succession?
8. Conclusion
References
Index.