Book: The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
Just published: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith (both New York University), "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (PublicAffairs, September 2011).
Quote: "This clever and accessible book shows that the difference between tyrants and democrats is just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them."
Just published: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith (both New York University), "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (PublicAffairs, September 2011).
Quote: "This clever and accessible book shows that the difference between tyrants and democrats is just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them."
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