Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy Under Authoritarianism

by Steven D Schaaf, Samer Anabtawi, Nathan J Brown

Authoritarianism seems to be everywhere in the political world--even the definition of authoritarianism as any form of non-democratic governance has grown very broad. Attempts to explain authoritarian rule as a function of the interests or needs of the ruler or regime can be misleading. Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want argues that to understand how authoritarian systems work we need to look not only at the interests and intentions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472076973
• ISBN13: 9780472076970
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"