Discusses the various aspects of the institution of a dictatorship, including its history, ideology, key figures, and the future of the political system.

Dictatorship reveals the inner working of this type of government, setting it in the context of history and relating it to today's current affairs. Readers will

Often dismissed as window-dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regi

"Discusses dictatorships as a political system, and details the history of dictatorships throughout the world" -- Provided by publisher.

Why the world’s most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolution Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revoluti