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almahu_9949481310502882
Format:
1 online resource (656 p.) :
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10 b/w illus. 14 tables.
ISBN:
9780691223575
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9783110993899
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Why the world's most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolutionRevolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution-such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam-are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure. Few other modern autocracies have survived in the face of such extreme challenges. Drawing on comparative historical analysis, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way argue that radical efforts to transform the social and geopolitical order trigger intense counterrevolutionary conflict, which initially threatens regime survival, but ultimately fosters the unity and state-building that supports authoritarianism.Although most revolutionary governments begin weak, they challenge powerful domestic and foreign actors, often bringing about civil or external wars. These counterrevolutionary wars pose a threat that can destroy new regimes, as in the cases of Afghanistan and Cambodia. Among regimes that survive, however, prolonged conflicts give rise to a cohesive ruling elite and a powerful and loyal coercive apparatus. This leads to the downfall of rival organizations and alternative centers of power, such as armies, churches, monarchies, and landowners, and helps to inoculate revolutionary regimes against elite defection, military coups, and mass protest-three principal sources of authoritarian breakdown.Looking at a range of revolutionary and nonrevolutionary regimes from across the globe, Revolution and Dictatorship shows why governments that emerge from violent conflict endure.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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1. A Theory of Revolutionary Durability --
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Part I. Classical Revolutions --
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2. The Revolutionary Origins of Soviet Durability --
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3. The Revolutionary Origins of Chinese Authoritarian Durability --
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4. The Durability of Mexico's Revolutionary Regime --
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Part II. National Liberation Regimes --
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5. Regime Origins and Diverging Paths in Vietnam, Algeria, and Ghana --
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Part III. Explaining Variation in Revolutionary Outcomes --
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Introduction --
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6. Radicalism and Durability: Cuba and Iran --
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7. Radical Failures: Early Deaths of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the Khmer Rouge, and the Taliban --
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8. Accommodation and Instability: Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Guinea-Bissau --
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9. Conclusion --
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Appendix I. Statistical Analysis of Revolutionary and Nonrevolutionary Regimes --
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Appendix II. Operationalization of Major Variables --
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Appendix III. Summary Coding for All Authoritarian Regimes, 1900-2015 --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index --
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A Note on the Type
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110994513
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EBOOK PACKAGE Political Science 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994407
In:
Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110749731
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691169521
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780691223575
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691223575?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691223575
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