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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v39.i45.records.utf8:12161660:1269
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01269cam a2200289 a 4500
001 2011024164
003 DLC
005 20111103101335.0
008 110614s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011024164
020 $a9781610390446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781610390453 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC330.3$b.B84 2011
082 00 $a303.3/4$223
100 1 $aBueno de Mesquita, Bruce,$d1946-
245 14 $aThe dictator's handbook :$bwhy bad behavior is almost always good politics /$cBruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPublicAffairs,$c2011.
300 $axxv, 319 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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?
650 0 $aPolitical leadership$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)
650 0 $aPolitical corruption.
700 1 $aSmith, Alastair,$d1967-