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Item specifics
- Condition
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1541701364
- Book Title
- Dictator's Handbook : Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Political Science
- Topic
- Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, General, Commentary & Opinion, Comparative Politics
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1541701364
ISBN-13
9781541701366
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3050401980
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dictator's Handbook : Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, General, Commentary & Opinion, Comparative Politics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-304158
Reviews
Machiavelli's The Prince has a new rival. It's The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.... This is a fantastically thought-provoking read. I found myself not wanting to agree but actually, for the most part, being convinced that the cynical analysis is the true one.-- Enlightenment Economics, A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority...Bueno de Mesquita and Smith are polymathic, drawing on economics, history, and political science to make their points...The reader will be hard-pressed to find a single government that doesn't largely operate according to Messrs. Bueno de Mesquita and Smith's model. So the next time a hand-wringing politician, Democrat or Republican, claims to be taking a position for the 'good of his country,'remember to replace the word 'country' with 'career.'-- Wall Street Journal, In this book, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith teach us to see dictatorship as just another form of politics, and from this perspective they deepen our understanding of all political systems.-- Roger Myerson, Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Inthis fascinating book Bueno de Mesquita and Smith spin out their view of governance:that all successful leaders, dictators and democrats, can best be understood asalmost entirely driven by their own political survival-a view they characterizeas 'cynical, but we fear accurate.' Yet as we follow the authors throughtheir brilliant historical assessments of leaders' choices-from Caesar toTammany Hall and the Green Bay Packers-we gradually realize that their brand ofcynicism yields extremely realistic guidance about spreading the rule of law,decent government, and democracy. James Madison would have loved thisbook.-- R. James Woolsey Director of Central Intelligence, 1993-1995, and Chairman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
303.3/4
Synopsis
"A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority." -- Wall Street Journal Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith's canonical book on political science turns conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single proposition: leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the "national interest"--or even their subjects--unless they must. As Bueno de Mesquita and Smith show, democracy is essentially just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind, but only in the number of essential supporters or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with and the quality of life or misery under them. And it is also the key to returning power to the people., "A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority." - Wall Street Journal Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith's canonical book on political science turns conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single proposition: leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the "national interest"-or even their subjects-unless they must. As Bueno de Mesquita and Smith show, democracy is essentially just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind, but only in the number of essential supporters or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with and the quality of life or misery under them. And it is also the key to returning power to the people., Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith's canonical book on political science turned conventional wisdom on its head. They started from a single assertion: leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the "national interest"-or even their subjects-unless they must.Newly updated to reflect the global rise of authoritarianism, this clever and accessible book illustrates how leaders amass and retain power. As Bueno de Mesquita and Smith show, democracy is essentially just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind, but only in the number of essential supporters or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them. And it is also the key to returning power to the people.
LC Classification Number
JC330.3.B84 2022
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- 4***i (13)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book was packed well, absolutely perfect condition. New as described and great for fan like me. Shipping was fast, it was mailed out the next day after order was confirmed. The price was on par for a book like this. Thanks It was the great experience with the seller .God of War: Lore and Legends Hardcover by Sony Studios (#205608707926)