Nathan J. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.Steven D. Schaaf is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Mississippi.Samer Anabtawi is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at University College London.Julian G. Waller is Research Analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses and Professorial Lecturer in Political Science at George Washington University.

“Autocrats Can’t Always Get What They Want fills important and woefully insufficient theoretical and empirical gaps of how political interests of elites and institutional inner workings of authoritarian regimes operate and what can be generalizable to advancing our understanding of them today. The authors’ approach of investigating these institutions from the inside out provides excellent analytical flexibility to understand and appreciate what it means to live in and live with authoritarian states.”

• Table of ContentsChapter One Understanding AuthoritarianismChapter Two Taking Some Parts of Authoritarian States Seriously, SometimesChapter Three Constitutional CourtsChapter Four ParliamentsChapter Five Religious EstablishmentsChapter Six Does Authoritarianism Make a Difference? No, But Democracy DoesBibliography

Nathan J. Brown is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.Steven D. Schaaf is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Mississippi.Samer Anabtawi is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at University College London.Julian G. Waller is Research Analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses and Professorial Lecturer in Political Science at George Washington University.

“Autocrats Can’t Always Get What They Want fills important and woefully insufficient theoretical and empirical gaps of how political interests of elites and institutional inner workings of authoritarian regimes operate and what can be generalizable to advancing our understanding of them today. The authors’ approach of investigating these institutions from the inside out provides excellent analytical flexibility to understand and appreciate what it means to live in and live with authoritarian states.”

• Table of ContentsChapter One Understanding AuthoritarianismChapter Two Taking Some Parts of Authoritarian States Seriously, SometimesChapter Three Constitutional CourtsChapter Four ParliamentsChapter Five Religious EstablishmentsChapter Six Does Authoritarianism Make a Difference? No, But Democracy DoesBibliography