Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability: Duration, Financial Control, and Institutions

by Victor C Shih, Victor C. Shih, Victor C Shih

Book Overview

Over two billion people still live under authoritarian rule. Moreover, authoritarian regimes around the world command enormous financial and economic resources, rivaling those controlled by advanced democracies. Yet authoritarian regimes as a whole are facing their greatest challenges in the recent two decades due to rebellions and economic stress. Extended periods of hardship have the potential of introducing instability to regimes because members...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472037676
• ISBN13: 9780472037674
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"