Download or read book Non-democratic Regimes written by Paul Brooker and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The core of the book adopts a thematic approach that answers such key questions as how and why military or party dictatorships emerge, how a new dictatorship consolidates its position by seeking legitimacy and strengthening its control over state and society, how a Hitler or a Stalin, a Pinochel or a Saddam Hussein, establishes a personal dictatorship, how dictatorships make policy, what their distinctive polices are, how successfully they implement these policies, and whether they are effective promoters of economic growth or economic reform."--Jacket.