Why do military dictatorships become presidential democracies? Mapping the democratic interests of autocratic regimes
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Dictatorships, democracies and the people
Purpose – The paper aims to consider system and control ideas which are useful in analysing problems in human science. Design/methodology/approach – Three arts of dictatorships are considered, namely: dictatorship in a developing country, dictatorship in a developed country and the global dictatorship. The conditions leading to these dictatorships are explained. Findings – Two arts of democraci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Choice
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0048-5829,1573-7101
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-019-00736-x