Sultanistic Regimes - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801856949 ISBN 13: 9780801856945

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Sultanistic regimes, as Juan Linz describes them, are authoritarian regimes based on personal ideology and personal favor to maintain the autocrat in power; there is little ideological basis for the rule except personal power. This volume of essays studies important sultantistic regimes in the Domanican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, and the Philippines. Part one contains two comparative essays, which discuss common characteristics of sultanistic regimes, compare them to totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, and trace common patterns for these regimes' rise and fall. Chehabi and Linz argue that sultanistic regimes do not offer favorable transitions to democracy, no matter what the person in power says. Part two applies Linz's model to country studies.

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About the Author

Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science at Yale University. In addition to the works coauthored and coedited with Professor Stepan, Professor Linz has published works on democracy, democratization, and comparative politics, including Sultanistic Regimes, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801856949
• ISBN 13: 9780801856945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Chehabi Houchang E.