Author: Paul Dowswell
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Keywords: government, systems, dictatorship
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 0836858840
ISBN-13: 9780836858846

The history of dictatorship seems to prove the accuracy of the well- known saying: ’Power tends to corrupt - and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ Many questions are answered in this fascinating account of perhaps the most controversial type of government the world has known. Ages 13+.

Author: Jennifer Fandel
Publisher: Creative Educatio
Keywords: government, forms, dictatorship
Number of Pages: 47
Published: 2007-07-01
List price: $32.80
ISBN-10: 1583415335
ISBN-13: 9781583415337

Author: Ronald Wintrobe
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: dictatorship, economy, political
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2000-09-25
List price: $41.99
ISBN-10: 0521794498
ISBN-13: 9780521794497

Although much of the world still lives today, as always, under dictatorship, the behavior of these regimes and of their leaders often appears irrational and mysterious. This book uses rational choice theory to understand dictators: How do "successful" dictatorships stay in power? What determines the repressiveness of a regime? How do their economies work? The book contains many applications, including chapters on Nazi Germany, Soviet Communism, South Africa under apartheid, and Pinochet’s Chile. It also provides a guide to the policies that should be followed by the democracies towards d

Author: Ron Fridell
Publisher: Benchmark Books (NY)
Keywords: world, systems, political, dictatorship
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2007-09
List price: $42.79
ISBN-10: 0761426272
ISBN-13: 9780761426271

Author: Richard Tame
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Book
Keywords: systems, economic, political, dictatorship
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-09-15
List price: $34.29
ISBN-10: 1432902342
ISBN-13: 9781432902346

This book discusses the system of dictatorship: how it developed as a set of ideas from its origins to the present, how it has evolved in practice, and how it benefits or harms the people who live under it.

Author: Ian Kershaw
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Keywords: interpretation, perspectives, problems, dictatorship, nazi
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000-08-28
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0340760281
ISBN-13: 9780340760284

This widely-used text on the Nazi regime explores the complex issues historians face when they interpret the Third Reich. Kershaw expertly synthesizes data and evaluates complex historiography looking at the major themes and debates among scholars about Nazism.� Drawing on the findings of a wide range of research, particularly the work of German scholars which has not been widely available in English editions, he�uncovers interpretational problems, outlines the approaches taken by various historians, and provides clear evaluations of their positions. �This edition reflects current concerns and

Authors:Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinso,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: democracy, dictatorship, origins, economic
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2009-02-09
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 0521671426
ISBN-13: 9780521671422

What forces lead to democracy’s creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times? Written by two of the foremost authorities on this subject in the world, this volume develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. It revolutionizes scholarship on the factors underlying government and popular movements toward democracy or dictatorship. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Their book, the subject