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The Logic of Political Survival Hardcover – August 28, 2003

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (Author), Alastair Smith (Author), Randolph M. Siverson (Author),

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The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure? Considering this political puzzle, they also answer the related economic question of why some countries experience successful economic development and others do not.The authors construct a provocative theory on the selection of leaders and present specific formal models from which their central claims can be deduced. They show how political leaders allocate resources and how institutions for selecting leaders create incentives for leaders to pursue good and bad public policy. They also extend the model to explain the consequences of war on political survival. Throughout the book, they provide illustrations from history, ranging from ancient Sparta to Vichy France, and test the model against statistics gathered from cross-national data. The authors explain the political intuition underlying their theory in nontechnical language, reserving formal proofs for chapter appendixes. They conclude by presenting policy prescriptions based on what has been demonstrated theoretically and empirically.

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550 pages
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English
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The MIT Press
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August 28, 2003
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7 x 1.5 x 9 inches
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0262025469
ISBN-13

978-0262025461
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" The Logic of Political Survival takes up the big question that has long puzzled social scientists of all stripes—why do governments that cripple or destroy their own societies survive in office for so long? The authors offer a detailed and convincing theory and subject that theory to withering examination by the data. A must-read for anyone who seeks to understand the fate of nations." William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth

"*The Logic of Political Survival* takes up the big question that has long puzzled social scientists of all stripes -- why do governments that cripple or destroy their own societies survive in office for so long? The authors offer a detailed and convincing theory and subject that theory to withering examination by the data. A must-read for anyone who seeks to understand the fate of nations."--William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's Burden

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Publisher : The MIT Press (August 28, 2003)
Language : English
Hardcover : 550 pages
ISBN-10 : 0262025469
ISBN-13 : 978-0262025461
Item Weight : 2.64 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.5 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,976,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jay Rodgers

Obvious yet not

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2016

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Necessary reading to understand "The Dictators Handbook". This book challenges what you think you understand about leadership behaviors after reading Handbook.

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Michael S. Langston

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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2010

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Using game theory this book tries to ask and answer several questions dealing with political survival. Using historical data, combined with game theory math, this book does an excellent job of laying out not only what they have found in their research, but also where additional avenues of research still exist.

I will say the book is not an easy read, though I think due to the subject matter and the complexity involved in the research, it's very well thought out and organized. Just know that the book isn't written as a quick read, but more of a text book which not only presents the theories of the authors, but attempts to prove those theories as well.

For anyone interested in political science and game theory, this book is well worth the money.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2017

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Outstanding, the more pedantic version of docs' "Dictator's handbook"

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This book is one of the best books on political logic I've ever read

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This book is one of the best books on political logic I've ever read, with a lot of mathematical proofs on so many different topics that can be applied to any state or even any organization at any point in human history.Only the Dictator's Handbook is close, and that was written as a simplified version by the same authors.

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