{"product_id":"economic-shocks-and-authoritarian-stability-9780472037674","title":"Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat topples a statue?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Important theories in the field would lead us to expect that economic shocks might lead authoritarian regimes to democratize. This volume challenges this conventional wisdom, showing that shocks do not change whether autocrats rule, they change how they rule. The volume is persuasive, well-written, and packed with important new insights from the leading scholars in the field.” —\u003cem\u003e Daniel Mattingly, Yale University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With economic growth aiding authoritarian survival, understanding crises becomes fundamental to the study of authoritarian politics. With an impressive set of contributors discussing significant events from around the globe, \u003cem\u003eEconomic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability \u003c\/em\u003epresents a nuanced picture of the relationships between these factors, including financial controls and coalitional politics.” —\u003cem\u003e Jeremy Lee Wallace, Cornell University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These richly detailed and theoretically informed case studies reject the determinism that underpins many arguments about how economic crises affect autocracies. They show that autocrats have many tools to survive sharp economic downturns, but also that economic shocks often fundamentally alter autocracies by compelling the ruler to shift coalitions or tactics to stay in power. A timely and important contribution to the study of autocracy.” — \u003cem\u003eTimothy Frye, Columbia University \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Two valuable contributions to our understanding of authoritarian regime survival. First, it combines studies of a wide range of authoritarian regimes to demonstrate the limits of institutions-based theories. Second, by illustrating the complex calculations of specific authoritarian regimes during and after economic shocks using three common indicators, it suggests several venues for further research to better understand authoritarian regime survival more broadly. The chapter authors are all specialists in their country or region of study, and thus provide rich detail.” — \u003cem\u003eKay Shimizu, University of Pittsburgh\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018245767511,"sku":"9780472037674","price":31.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472037674.jpg?v=1750776153","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economic-shocks-and-authoritarian-stability-9780472037674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}