Personalist Rule in Africa and Other World Regions

This book presents an innovative model linking insights from democratization, development and conflict studies to explain personalist behavior and their violent transitions.

List of contents

Introduction 1. A Throne of Bayonets: What is Personalism and Why Does it Matter? 2. Fear and Greed: Four Pillars of Personalist Regime Behavior 3. Framing The Vicious Circle: Modeling Transitions from Personalist Rule 4. Divide and Rule: Testing the Relational Aspects of the Model 5. Resource Curses: Testing the Functional Aspects of the Model 6. Votes and Violence: Testing the Dysfunctional Aspects of the Model 7. Findings on the Impact of Personalist Rule: Comparing African Cases and Structuring Causal Factors 8. Findings on Vicious Circles: Comparing Post-Personalist Transitions 9. Lessons From Africa: Personalism in Comparative Perspective. Summary and Final Thoughts

About the author

Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch is an independent researcher working on dictatorships and is affiliated with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, as a project coordinator.

Summary

This book presents an innovative model linking insights from democratization, development and conflict studies to explain personalist behavior and their violent transitions.

Product details

• Authors: Jeroen J.J. Van den Bosch, Jeroen J.j. (Adam Mickiewicz Univer Van Den Bosch
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367510992
• ISBN: 978-0-367-51099-2
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Regional Geography, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General