Often dismissed as window-dressing, nominally democratic institutions, such as legislatures and political parties, play an important role in non-democratic regi

Examining constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa reveals how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rule-based systems.

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions becaus

Explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.