Jennifer Gandhi is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. She received her PhD in comparative politics and political economy from New York University in 2004. Her research interests include the political institutions dictators use to maintain power and the strategies the opposition may adopt in response. Her work has appeared in Economics and Politics and Comparative Political Studies.
Review
"This book represents a major contribution to the resurgent study of non-democratic regimes. It is one of the first substantial pieces of modern social scientific analysis of the phenomenon, skillfully combining formal and quantitative cross-national analysis with country case studies. It will have a major impact in the study of modern authoritarian regimes."
-Miriam A. Golden, Professor of Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles
"Jennifer Gandhi's book is not just a study of dictatorship, but an important contribution to comparative politics in general. While its topic is political institutions under dictatorship, its definition of dictatorship is the residual of a prominent and widely used definition and measure of democracy, so it builds a bridge between studies of democracy and of dictatorship. Her three kinds of dictatorship and two kinds of institutions produce a rich and informative empirical analysis in which she explains variation in the longevity, policy and performance of non-democratic governments."
-William R Keech, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Carnegie Mellon University
"Jennifer Gandhi has written a dazzling book. With incisive theorizing, a remarkable combination of formal theory and statistical analysis, and rich case studies, Gandhi has produced one of the first systematic comparative treatments of autocracy. Two of her main conclusions are that political institutions such as legislatures and political parties enable political bargains between dictators and their potential opponents, and that these institutions have major impacts on a wide range of outcomes, including economic performance. A must-read for anyone interested in comparative politics, political regimes and the political economy of development."
-Beatriz Magaloni-Kerpel, Stanford University
"In Political Institutions under Dictatorship, Jennifer Gandhi provides important insights into the role that political parties and legislatures play in dictatorships. She disputes characterizations of these institutions as simple 'window dressing,' finding instead that political parties and legislatures can play an important role in policy formation, implementation and regime survival. The reason, she argues, is that these institutions provide an arena within which incumbents and potential opponents can forge policy compromises. Her analysis of these effects through an impressive database of dictatorships in the post-war era is clear and refreshingly frank. Political Institutions under Dictatorship is a must-read for scholars interested in authoritarian politics."
-Ellen Lust-Okar, Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University
"Gandhi breaks new ground in this theoretically and empirically rich book on authoritarian regimes that have adopted legislative institutions. These regimes are likely to spend somewhat less on the military, have a better human rights record, and provide more benefits to workers than their autocratic counterparts. While all of this sounds positive, Gandhi warns--contrary to the linear model of progressive democratization posited in modernization theory--that partial reforms may in fact allow authoritarian governments to prolong their rule by coopting the opposition."
-Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University
"Jennifer Gandhi's book is a welcome addition to this literature."
Perspectives on Politics, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University
Product Description
Often dismissed as window-dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regimes. In a comprehensive cross-national study of all non-democratic states from 1946 to 2002 that examines the political uses of these institutions by dictators, Gandhi finds that legislative and partisan institutions are an important component in the operation and survival of authoritarian regimes. She examines how and why these institutions are useful to dictatorships in maintaining power, analyzing the way dictators utilize institutions as a forum in which to organize political concessions to potential opposition in an effort to neutralize threats to their power and to solicit cooperation from groups outside of the ruling elite. The use of legislatures and parties to co-opt opposition results in significant institutional effects on policies and outcomes under dictatorship.
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圖書標籤: 比較政治 威權主義 政治學 獨裁 OperationUranus Democratization 比較威權 民主轉型
重要但沒啥意思...
評分威權政體為何要采用一些名義上的民主製度?政黨和議會政治這樣的工具一方麵能夠增強閤法性,另一方麵跟精英們的分贓和互通信息達成妥協的舞颱。然而數據卻顯示這些製度的存在並不能顯著增長製度的存續時間,隻有陷於睏境的政體纔需要這些製度,但是卻因為使得威權政策變得可預測給經濟發展創造機會。
評分重要但沒啥意思...
評分專製國傢中的民主製度(政黨和議會),和民主並沒有什麼關係:既不僅僅是裝飾門麵(有的專製國傢沒有),也不能促進民主轉型(專製國傢沒必要自我毀滅),而是用來獲得社會支持,減少反對力量。這為反對力量提供瞭正式的討價還價的場所,給予影響政策製定的力量,避免他們暴動,也能用來獲得社會力量的支持。簡而言之,民主製度隻是專製統治者根據統治需要來應對社會局勢的工具,來獲得社會服從和社會閤作的工具。
評分威權政體為何要采用一些名義上的民主製度?政黨和議會政治這樣的工具一方麵能夠增強閤法性,另一方麵跟精英們的分贓和互通信息達成妥協的舞颱。然而數據卻顯示這些製度的存在並不能顯著增長製度的存續時間,隻有陷於睏境的政體纔需要這些製度,但是卻因為使得威權政策變得可預測給經濟發展創造機會。
Political Institutions Under Dictatorship 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載