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UNINA9910453293903321 |
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Autore |
Gandhi Jennifer <1975-> |
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Titolo |
Political institutions under dictatorship / / Jennifer Gandhi [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
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1-107-20197-7 |
1-281-90355-8 |
9786611903558 |
0-511-43761-7 |
0-511-51009-8 |
0-511-43615-7 |
0-511-43828-1 |
0-511-43536-3 |
0-511-43693-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dictatorship - History - 20th century |
Dictatorship |
Political parties |
Legislative bodies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The world of dictatorial institutions -- Three illustrative cases : Kuwait, Morocco, Ecuador -- The use of institutions to coopt -- Institutions and policies under dictatorship -- Institutions and outcomes under dictatorship -- Institutions and the survival of dictators -- Conclusion -- Codebook of variables. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Often dismissed as window dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regimes. In a comprehensive cross-national study of all non-democratic states from 1946 to 2002 that examines the political uses of these institutions by dictators, Jennifer Gandhi finds that legislative and partisan institutions are an important component in the |
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