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Author Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 1946-

Title The dictator's handbook [electronic resource] : why bad behavior is almost always good politics / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.

Imprint New York : PublicAffairs, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxv, 319 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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?.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Political leadership -- Philosophy.
Power (Social sciences)
Political corruption.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Smith, Alastair, 1967-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781610390446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781610390453 (e-book)

 
    
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