Elites, Crises, and the Origins of Regimes
Dogan, Mattei / Higley, John![Elites, Crises, and the Origins of Regimes](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/133/1336020/CHSBZCOP031336020.jpg)
Most political regimes, whether authoritarian or democratic, are born in abrupt, brutal, and momentous crises. In this volume, a group of prominent scholars explores how these seminal events affect elites and shape regimes. Combining theoretical and case study chapters, the authors draw from a wide range of historical and contemporary examples to challenge mainstream developmental explanations of political change, which emphasize incremental c...