The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
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The Dictator's Handbook
Acheter pour 37,28 $
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Narrateur(s):
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Dan Woren
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Auteur(s):
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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Alastair Smith
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“A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority.” —Wall Street Journal
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith’s canonical book on political science turns conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single proposition: leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don’t care about the “national interest”—or even their subjects—unless they must. As Bueno de Mesquita and Smith show, democracy is essentially 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. And it is also the key to returning power to the people.
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©2011 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith (P)2022 PublicAffairsCe que les critiques en disent
"Simply the best book on politics written.... Every citizen should read this book." (CGP Grey)
"A lucidly written, shrewdly argued meditation on how democrats and dictators preserve political authority.... Bueno de Mesquita and Smith are polymathic, drawing on economics, history, and political science to make their points.... The reader will be hard-pressed to find a single government that doesn't largely operate according to Messrs. Bueno de Mesquita and Smith's model. So the next time a hand-wringing politician, Democrat or Republican, claims to be taking a position for the 'good of his country,' remember to replace the word 'country' with 'career.'" (Wall Street Journal)
"Machiavelli's The Prince has a new rival. It's The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.... This is a fantastically thought-provoking read. I found myself not wanting to agree but actually, for the most part, being convinced that the cynical analysis is the true one." (Enlightenment Economics)
In all seriousness, this is full of enlightening data and historical examples for how dictators gain power and keep it. it also includes modern evidence and is definitely a must read for any politico, any activist, and any leader.
If you want productivity and prosperity for your people, don't be a dic tator.
Educational and Entertaining
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Eye-opening
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While the 2022 version does go over some of the same stories as the 2011 version, there is a lot of new things added and to me, feels competently like a new book.
My only disappoint comes from the fact that the audiobook was delayed at least twice, and when the Philippines was brought up, I was thinking one of the reasons for the delay, was to talk about Bongbong Marcos becoming president, a position his dictator father once held.
Better Than Ever!
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