... Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and his coauthors point out that leaders of democracies must deal with larger support ... in author- itarian states, where we would expect the primary audience to be concentrated in the policy-making elite ...
... in author- itarian regimes primarily function not to enhance the accountability of the regime but to strengthen ... Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and his colleagues (e.g., Bueno de Mesquita and Smith 2011; Bueno de Mesquita et al. 2003) ...
... University Press, 1996). 75. Latham, “Moments of Transformation,” 1, 2, 3. Emphasis added. 76. Ibid., 5 and 6 ... Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and James D. Morrow, “Sorting Through the Wealth of Notions,” International Security 24, no ...
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