The dictator's handbook :

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 1946-

The dictator's handbook : why bad behavior is almost always good politics / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. - 1st ed. - New York : PublicAffairs, c2011. - xxv, 319 p. : ill. ; 25 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?

9781610390446 (hardcover : alk. paper) 161039044X (hardcover : alk. paper)

2011024164


Political leadership--Philosophy.
Power (Social sciences)
Political corruption

JC330.3 / .B84 2011

303.3/4