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This accessible volume shines a light on how autocracy really works
by providing basic facts about how post-World War II dictatorships
achieve, retain, and lose power. The authors present an
evidence-based portrait of key features of the authoritarian
landscape with newly collected data about 200 dictatorial regimes.
They examine the central political processes that shape the policy
choices of dictatorships and how they compel reaction from policy
makers in the rest of the world. Importantly, this book explains
how some dictators concentrate great power in their own hands at
the expense of other members of the dictatorial elite. Dictators
who can monopolize decision making in their countries cause much of
the erratic, warlike behavior that disturbs the rest of the world.
By providing a picture of the central processes common to
dictatorships, this book puts the experience of specific countries
in perspective, leading to an informed understanding of events and
the likely outcome of foreign responses to autocracies.
This accessible volume shines a light on how autocracy really works
by providing basic facts about how post-World War II dictatorships
achieve, retain, and lose power. The authors present an
evidence-based portrait of key features of the authoritarian
landscape with newly collected data about 200 dictatorial regimes.
They examine the central political processes that shape the policy
choices of dictatorships and how they compel reaction from policy
makers in the rest of the world. Importantly, this book explains
how some dictators concentrate great power in their own hands at
the expense of other members of the dictatorial elite. Dictators
who can monopolize decision making in their countries cause much of
the erratic, warlike behavior that disturbs the rest of the world.
By providing a picture of the central processes common to
dictatorships, this book puts the experience of specific countries
in perspective, leading to an informed understanding of events and
the likely outcome of foreign responses to autocracies.
How remittances-money sent by workers back to their home
countries-support democratic expansion In the growing body of work
on democracy, little attention has been paid to its links with
migration. Migration and Democracy focuses on the effects of worker
remittances-money sent by migrants back to their home countries-and
how these resources shape political action in the Global South.
Remittances are not only the largest source of foreign income in
most autocratic countries, but also, in contrast to foreign aid or
international investment, flow directly to citizens. As a result,
they provide resources that make political opposition possible, and
they decrease government dependency, undermining the patronage
strategies underpinning authoritarianism. The authors discuss how
international migration produces a decentralized flow of income
that generally circumvents governments to reach citizens who act as
democratizing agents. Documenting why dictatorships fall and how
this process has changed in the last three decades, the authors
show that remittances increase the likelihood of protest and reduce
electoral support for authoritarian incumbents. Combining global
macroanalysis with microdata and case studies of Senegal and
Cambodia, Migration and Democracy demonstrates how remittances-and
the movement of people from authoritarian nations to higher-income
countries-foster democracy and its expansion.
How remittances-money sent by workers back to their home
countries-support democratic expansion In the growing body of work
on democracy, little attention has been paid to its links with
migration. Migration and Democracy focuses on the effects of worker
remittances-money sent by migrants back to their home countries-and
how these resources shape political action in the Global South.
Remittances are not only the largest source of foreign income in
most autocratic countries, but also, in contrast to foreign aid or
international investment, flow directly to citizens. As a result,
they provide resources that make political opposition possible, and
they decrease government dependency, undermining the patronage
strategies underpinning authoritarianism. The authors discuss how
international migration produces a decentralized flow of income
that generally circumvents governments to reach citizens who act as
democratizing agents. Documenting why dictatorships fall and how
this process has changed in the last three decades, the authors
show that remittances increase the likelihood of protest and reduce
electoral support for authoritarian incumbents. Combining global
macroanalysis with microdata and case studies of Senegal and
Cambodia, Migration and Democracy demonstrates how remittances-and
the movement of people from authoritarian nations to higher-income
countries-foster democracy and its expansion.
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Elements of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages - A Concise Exposition of the History of Sanskrit, Old Iranian (Avestic and old Persian), Old Armenian, Old Greek, Latin, Umbrian-Samnitic, Old Irish, Gothic, Old High German, Lithuanian A (Hardcover)
Joseph Wright, Karl Brugmann, Robert Seymour Conway
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R944
Discovery Miles 9 440
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Elements of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages - A Concise Exposition of the History of Sanskrit, Old Iranian (Avestic and old Persian), Old Armenian, Old Greek, Latin, Umbrian-Samnitic, Old Irish, Gothic, Old High German, Lithuanian A (Paperback)
Joseph Wright, Karl Brugmann, Robert Seymour Conway
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R659
Discovery Miles 6 590
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