Making a Career in Dictatorship: The Secret Logic behind Repression and Coups

Like no other work before it,Making a Career in Dictatorshipdives deep into the authoritarian security apparatus to identify which officers participate in repression or coups-and above all, why.

The book's compelling theory uncovers career pressure as the secret driver behind the two most notorious phenomena of authoritarian power politics. Officers disadvantaged in their professional advancement either try to demonstrate their loyalty to the current regime by participating in repression, or...