The Dictator's Handbook (51 page)
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Authors: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
new
and nominal/real selectorates and winning coalitions
as not leading unilaterally
promises of
replacing
risk of ouster by type of government
rules for (
see
Rules: rules to rule by)
see
Rules: rules to rule by)
self-interest of
sick/decrepit(
see also
Leaders: dying)
see also
Leaders: dying)
successful
survival of(
see also
Power, getting and keeping)
see also
Power, getting and keeping)
and taxation
tenure of
third-world leaders
of universities
See also
Autocrats/autocracies; Incumbents; Loyalty; Power, getting and keeping; Succession issues
Autocrats/autocracies; Incumbents; Loyalty; Power, getting and keeping; Succession issues
Lee Kwan Yew
Lend-Lease program
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
Le Tellier, Michel
Liberalization, economic/political
Liberals
Liberia
Liberian Iron Mining Company
Liberius (pope)
Libya
Life expectancy/span
Liliuokalani (Hawaiian Queen)
Lincoln, Abraham
Literacy
Live Aid
Lloyd's of London
Logic of Political Survival, The
(Bueno de Mesquita
et al.
)
(Bueno de Mesquita
et al.
)
Los Angeles Times
Louis XIV (French king)
Louis Napoleon
Louis XVI (French king)
Loyalty
of army
coalition loyalty
in democracies
as most important characteristic of coalitions
for new leaders
of police
Luanda, Angola
Luce, Edward
Lumumba, Patrice
Luxembourg
McClellan, George B. (general)
Machiavelli, Niccolò
Madame Tien
Madison, James
Mafias
Magna Carta
Maize
Malaysia
Maliki, Nouri al-
Mandela, Nelson
Manirumva, Ernest
Mao Zedong
Marcos, Ferdinand
Marcos, Imelda
Marin, Humberto Sori
Marshall Plan
Martyrdom
Maryland 3
rd
Congressional district
rd
Congressional district
Massacres.
See also
Atrocities
See also
Atrocities
Mass movements
Matabeleland
Media
Medical drug trials
Medicare/Medicaid
Medici family
Mehmet II and Mehmet III
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Merchant of Venice
(Shakespeare)
(Shakespeare)
Mexico
Mexican-American War
Mexico's tax take and democratization
Michael III (emperor)
Middle class
Middle East
Military
allowing uprisings
army defections
army salaries
military juntas
military spending
See also
Loyalty: of army; Wars
Loyalty: of army; Wars
Milk, Harvey
Millennium Goals program
Mills, Atta
Milosevic, Slobodan
Minerals
Minorities
MIT
Mobuto Sese Seko
Mogadishu, battle of
Moi, Daniel Arap
Monarchy
absolute monarchs
constitutional monarchies
Mondale, Walter
Money
controlling flow of funds
discretionary
escrowed money
money laundering
transferring
See also
Borrowing; Debt; Income; Military: army salaries; Revenues; Salaries, government; Wealth redistribution
Borrowing; Debt; Income; Military: army salaries; Revenues; Salaries, government; Wealth redistribution
Mongolia
Monks
Montesquieu
Morgan, J. P.
Morrow, James D.
Mosaddeq, Mohammed
Mozambique
Mubarak, Hosni
Mubarak, Khalid al-
Mugabe, Robert
Muhammad (Prophet)
Muslim Brotherhood
Myanmar (Burma)
Nagin, Ray
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nasser, Gamal Abdul
National defense
National Health Service (Britain)
National interest
Nationality
Nationalization
Nation building
Native Americans
NATO
Natural disasters
Natural gas
Natural resources.
See also
Extraction; Oil
See also
Extraction; Oil
Nazarbayev, Nursultan
Negotiations
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nepal
Netherlands
Ne Win (General)
New York City
New York Times
NGOs.
See
Nongovernmental organizations
See
Nongovernmental organizations
Nicaragua
Nicholas (czar)
Nigeria
Nkomo, Joshua
Nkrumah, Kwame
Noblesse de robe
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
North Africa
North Korea
Norway
Nuclear weapons
Obama, Barack
Ocampo, Luis Moreno
OECD.
See
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Oil
See
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Oil
oil shocks in 1970s
Olympic games
One-person one-vote
OPEC.
See
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
See
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Operation Desert Storm
Opium wars
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Orr, Susan
Ossebi, Bruno Jacquet
Ottoman Empire
Oxfam
Oxford University
Packard, David
Packard, David Woodley
Padró i Miguel, Gerard
Pahlavi, Shah Mohammad Reza
Pakistan
US assistance to
Palestine
Palestinian Authority
Panorama
news program (BBC)
news program (BBC)
PAP.
See
People's Action Party in Singapore
See
People's Action Party in Singapore
Paris Club
Parliaments
Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) party in Mexico
Patriot, The
(Indian newspaper)
(Indian newspaper)
Patronage systems
Pennsylvania
People's Action Party (PAP) in Singapore
Perestroika
Perez Alfonzo, Juan Pablo
Perot, H. Ross
Peru
Philippines
Plato
Platt, Lewis
Poland
Police forces
Politics
essential lesson of
and momentary circumstances
political competition
political liberalization(
see also
Liberalization, economic/political)
see also
Liberalization, economic/political)
political parties
and self-interest of leaders
Pol Pot
Population sizes
Pork-barrel projects
Portugal
Poverty.
See also under
Foreign aid
See also under
Foreign aid
Powell, Colin
Powell Doctrine
Power, getting and keeping
Prasad, Mahamaya
PRI.
See
Partido Revolucionario Institucional party in Mexico
See
Partido Revolucionario Institucional party in Mexico
Prices
price supports
Prince, The
(Machiavelli)
(Machiavelli)
Privatization
Productivity
Property confiscations
Prosperity
Protest.
See also
Revolutions/rebellions; Uprisings
See also
Revolutions/rebellions; Uprisings
Prussia
Psychopathology
Public goods/private goods
private goods in democracies
private goods in small coalition settings
See also
Government spending; Public works
Government spending; Public works
Public housing
Public policy
Public welfare.
See also
Common good
See also
Common good
Public works.
See also
Public goods/private goods
See also
Public goods/private goods
Puppet regimes
Putin, Vladimir
Qaddafi, Muammar
Qatar
Quality of life
Quiwonkpa, Thomas
Raja of Ramgarh
Rakove, Milton
Rallies
Rawlings, Jerry John “J.J.,”
Rawls, John
Reagan, Ronald
Reaganomics
Realist school of international relations
Rebellions.
See
Revolutions/ rebellions
See
Revolutions/ rebellions
Recessions
Reforms
Refugee camps
Regents
Regulations
Religion
religious conversion
See also
Catholic Church
Catholic Church
Republican Party (U.S.)
Republics
Resource curse
Revenues.
See also
Money; Taxation
See also
Money; Taxation
Revolutions/rebellions
colored revolutions
democratic revolutions
preventing
See also
Protest; Uprisings
Protest; Uprisings
Richard the Lionheart (English king)
Richard III (English king)
Rights.
See
See
also
Freedoms; Human rights
Freedoms; Human rights
Riots
Rizzo, Robert
Roads
Rockefeller family
Rohm, Ernst
Romano, Roberto
Rome
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt family
Rosendorff, Peter
Rule of law
Rules
rules to fix by
rules to rule by
Russia
corruption in
Russian Revolution
See also
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Sadat, Anwar
Salaries, government.
See also
Military: army salaries
See also
Military: army salaries
Salmon, Gary Prado
Salt Lake City winter games
Sanctions
San Francisco board of supervisors
Sanitation
Santa Monica, California
Sarbanes-Oxley Bill
Saudi Arabia
Scandinavian nations.
See also
Norway
See also
Norway
Scott, Ridley
SEC.
See
Securities and Exchange Commission
See
Securities and Exchange Commission
Secessionist movements
Second Gulf War.
See
Iraq: Iraq War
See
Iraq: Iraq War
Secrecy.
See also
Transparency
See also
Transparency
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Selassie, Haile
Selectorates, nominal/real
relative size of
See also
Influentials; Interchangeables; Winning coalitions
Influentials; Interchangeables; Winning coalitions
Self-determination
Self-interest
Separation of powers.
See also
Checks and balances
See also
Checks and balances
Serbia
Seven Weeks War (1866)
Shareholders.
See under
Corporations
See under
Corporations
Sharia
Shariati, Ali
Shiites
Shwe, Than (General)
Sin, Cardinal Jamie
Sinai
Singapore
Siverson, Randolph M.
Six Day War
Slavery
Smith, Alastair
Smith, Ian
Smuggling
Social networking
Social security
Solomon (King)
Somalia
Somali pirates
Somoza Garcia, Anastasio
South Africa
South Carolina
South Korea
Soviet Union .
See also
Russia
See also
Russia
Spoils of war
Sri Lanka
Stability
Stalin, Joseph
Standard of living
Starvation
State legislatures
State of emergency
Stock value/dividends
Strikes
Subsidies
Succession issues.
See also
Inheritance
See also
Inheritance
Sudan
Suez Canal
Suharto
Sunday Times
newspaper
newspaper
Sunnis
Sun Tzu
Supply/demand
Switzerland
Syria
Taft family
Taiwan
Taliban
Tammany Hall (New York)
Tanzania
TARP funds
Taxation
capital gains and inheritance taxes
collecting taxes
constraints concerning
as discouraging work
income tax
indirect taxes
in Iran and Turkey
Mexico's tax take and democratization
property taxes
and regime type
tax farmers
vodka tax
and winning coalitions
Taylor, Charles
Tchombe, Moise
Tea Party
Technology
Telecommunications
Television.
See also
Media
See also
Media
Terrorism
terrorist attacks of 2001
Thabeik hmauk
ritual
ritual
Thatcher, Margaret
Theodosius (emperor)
Third world
Three Gorges Dam
Tiananmen Square
Tiberius (emperor)
Time
magazine
magazine
Tolbert, William
Tonga
Torture
Tourism
Trade concessions
Trade unions
Transparency.
See also
Accountability
See also
Accountability
Transparency International
Treaties of Nanking and Tianjin
Truth and reconciliation commissions
Tsunamis
Tunisia
Turkey
Tyrants.
See also
Dictatorships
See also
Dictatorships
Uganda
Ukraine
Unemployment
United Nations
Development Program
Security Council (UNSC)
United States
Agency for International Development (USAID)
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