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100	1		_aLevitsky, Steven, _91806
245	1	0	_aRevolution and dictatorship : _bthe violent origins of durable authoritarianism / _cby Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way.
246	1		_aRevolution & dictatorship
300			_axi, 638 pages : _billustrations, charts ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 525-605) and index.
505	0		_aA Theory of Revolutionary Durability -- The Revolutionary Origins of Soviet Durability -- The Revolutionary Origins of Chinese Authoritarian Durability -- The Durability of Mexico's Revolutionary Regime -- Regime Origins and Diverging Paths in Vietnam, Algeria, and Ghana -- Radicalism and Durability : Cuba and Iran -- Radical Failures : Early Deaths of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the Khmer Rouge, and the Taliban -- Accommodation and Instability : Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Guinea-Bissau.
520			_a"Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution--such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam--are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure. Few other modern autocracies have survived in the face of such extreme challenges. Drawing on comparative historical analysis, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way argue that radical efforts to transform the social and geopolitical order trigger intense counterrevolutionary conflict, which initially threatens regime survival, but ultimately fosters the unity and state-building that supports authoritarianism. Although most revolutionary governments begin weak, they challenge powerful domestic and foreign actors, often bringing about civil or external wars. These counterrevolutionary wars pose a threat that can destroy new regimes, as in the cases of Afghanistan and Cambodia. Among regimes that survive, however, prolonged conflicts give rise to a cohesive ruling elite and a powerful and loyal coercive apparatus. This leads to the downfall of rival organizations and alternative centers of power, such as armies, churches, monarchies, and landowners, and helps to inoculate revolutionary regimes against elite defection, military coups, and mass protest--three principal sources of authoritarian breakdown. Looking at a range of revolutionary and nonrevolutionary regimes from across the globe, Revolution and Dictatorship shows why governments that emerge from violent conflict endure." -- Page 2 of cover
650		0	_aRevolutions. _91807
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism. _91779
650		0	_aPolitical stability. _91808
650		0	_aDictatorship. _91809
650		2	_aAuthoritarianism _91779
650		6	_aRévolutions. _91810
650		6	_aAutoritarisme. _91811
650		6	_aStabilité politique. _91812
650		6	_aDictature. _91813
650		7	_arevolutions. _91814
650		7	_adictatorships. _91815
650		7	_aAuthoritarianism. _91779
650		7	_aPolitical stability. _91808
650		7	_aRevolutions. _91807
700	1		_aWay, Lucan, _91816
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