{"product_id":"9780691223582","title":"Revolution and Dictatorship","description":"Author: Steven Levitsky\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691223582\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 656\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevolution and Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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 organisations 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking at a range of revolutionary and nonrevolutionary regimes from across the globe, \u003ci\u003eRevolution and Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e shows why governments that emerge from violent conflict endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A sweeping historical analysis.\u0026amp;#x27;  Dexter Roberts,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A clear and comprehensive analysis.\u0026amp;#x27;  Cady Lang and Angela Haupt,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803823263902,"sku":"ADS-9780691223582","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691223582.jpg?v=1778206248","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691223582","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}