02664cam a2200421 a 4500 118566 118566 16826758 BJBSDDR 20230411090914.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 110614s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng 2011024164 9781610391849 (paperback) 1610391845 (paperback) 9781610390453 (ebook) DLC DLC DLC eng eng pcc JC 330.3 B928d 2012 303.3/4 Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 1946- 28296 The dictator's handbook : why bad behavior is almost always good politics / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. New York : PublicAffairs, 2012. xxv, 319 pages ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index. Introduction: rules to rule by -- The rules of politics -- Coming to power -- Staying in power -- Steal from the poor, give to the rich -- Getting and spending -- If corruption empowers, then absolute corruption empowers absolutely -- Foreign aid -- The people in revolt -- War, peace, and world order -- What is to be done? For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the national interest --or even their subjects--unless they have to. 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. The picture the authors paint is not pretty. But it just may be the truth, which is a good starting point for anyone seeking to improve human governance Political leadership Philosophy. Liderazgo politico 3209 Power (Social sciences) Poder (Ciencias sociales) 1318 Political corruption. Corrupción política 5398 Smith, Alastair, 1967- 28298 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-02-02 0 JC 330.3 B928d 2012 00000163165 2023-02-02 00:00:00 1 2023-02-02 BK