The dictator's handbook
Subtitle: why bad behavior is almost always good politics
By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
Contributors: Smith, Alastair, 1967-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs; Brand: PublicAffairs
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781610390446; 9781610390453
Subjects: Political corruption; Philosophy; Political leadership; Power (Social sciences)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: rules to rule by; title: The rules of politics; title: Coming to power; title: Staying in power; title: Steal from the poor, give to the rich; title: Getting and spending; title: If corruption empowers, then absolute corruption empowers absolutely; title: Foreign aid; title: The people in revolt; title: War, peace, and world order; title: What is to be done?