Sultanistic Regimes
Author | : Houchang E. Chehabi |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998-06-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801856930 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801856938 |
Rating | : 4/5 (938 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sultanistic Regimes written by Houchang E. Chehabi and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sultanistic regimes, as Juan Linz describes them, are authoritarian regimes based on personal ideology and personal favor to maintain the autocrat in power; there is little ideological basis for the rule except personal power. This volume of essays studies important sultantistic regimes in the Domanican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, and the Philippines. Part one contains two comparative essays, which discuss common characteristics of sultanistic regimes, compare them to totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, and trace common patterns for these regimes' rise and fall. Chehabi and Linz argue that sultanistic regimes do not offer favorable transitions to democracy, no matter what the person in power says. Part two applies Linz's model to country studies.