The social dilemma : of autocracy, revolution, coup d'etat, and war / Gordon Tullock ; edited and with an introd. by Charles K. Rowley.

Author: Tullock, Gordon.

Imprint:Indianapolis, IN : Liberty Fund, 2005.

Descriptionxix, 383 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The roots of conflict -- The cooperative state -- The exploitative state -- Introduction to Gordon Tullock's Autocracy -- The uses of dictatorship -- Becoming a dictator -- The problem of succession -- Democracy and despotism -- Monarchies, hereditary and nonhereditary -- Revolution and welfare economics -- The paradox of revolution -- The economics of repression -- "Popular" risings -- Legitimacy and ethics -- Coup d'etat: structural factors -- The theory of the coup -- Coups and their prevention -- International conflict: two parties -- Agreement and cheating -- Three or more countries and the balance of power -- Epilogue to The Social Dilemma: The Economics of War and Revolution.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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