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The Dictatorship of the Popes

Kyklos, 2013
SummaryThis paper takes the view that theocracies are essentially a form of dictatorship and verifies whether this interpretation is empirically supported when applied to the longest lasting example of theocracy, the temporal power of the Popes.
Ronald Wintrobe, Fabio Padovano, Fabio Padovano   +2 more
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Science in a dictatorship [PDF]

Physics World, 2012
At the turn of the 20th century, German scientists led the world. Four decades later, their nation's reputation in the field was only a husk of what it had been. The cause of this transformation was the Nazi rise to power in 1933, which went on to precipitate one of the biggest intellectual migrations in history.
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Accessing the state: Executive constraints and credible commitment in dictatorship

Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2019
When do executive constraints provide credible commitment power in dictatorships, and under what conditions do leaders establish such constraints? This article argues that institutions successfully constrain autocrats only when elites are given real ...
Anne Meng
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Ex-Ante Fairness in the Boston and Serial Dictatorship Mechanisms Under Pre-Exam and Post-Exam Preference Submission

Games Econ. Behav., 2016
In a school choice mechanism, school priorities are often based on student exam scores, by which student true ability may not be perfectly revealed. An ex-post fair matching mechanism (for example, Serial Dictatorship) can be undesirable in that it is ...
Jaimie W. Lien, Jie Zheng, Xiaohan Zhong
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The legacy of military dictatorship: Explaining violent crime in democracies

International Political Science Review, 2018
Violent crime rates have increased dramatically in many parts of the world in recent decades, with homicides now outpacing deaths due to interstate or civil wars.
Erica Frantz
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Cambodia in 2017: Descending into Dictatorship?

, 2018
After local elections in 2017, the Cambodian People’s Party intensified its attacks on free media, NGOs, and the Cambodian National Rescue Party. Meanwhile, stronger links to China and waning Western leverage are enabling Prime Minister Hun Sen to ...
Aurel Croissant
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Locke and the Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie

Political Studies, 1965
This chapter examines John Locke's doctrine that “the great and chief end therefore, of Mens uniting into Commonwealths, and putting themselves under Government, is the Preservation of their Property.” There has been a good deal of criticism leveled at Locke's account of property.
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Dictatorship and Democracy

2013
The relation between democracy and dictatorship is analyzed using Arrow’s social choice model, where individual preferences are variable, as with an arbitrarily changing social situation. In its original formulation, the model implies the existence of a dictator, or, an individual whose preference always coincides with that of the society.
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The psychology of dictatorship

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 2015
Moghaddam's new book, The psychology of dictatorship, calls attention to the questions of how dictatorships come into existence, how they may persist through social changes, what psychological fact...
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Constraining dictatorship: from personalized rule to institutionalized regimes

Democratization, 2021
E. Mitrokhina
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