The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics, Bruce Bueno (2012)

dictator's handbook © Juan B. Rodriguez

this book is a recipe for how to maintain power once you're at the top

although it mainly focuses on governments, showing examples of various ruling parties all over the world, it covers sport organizations, companies and more

What aid does well is help dictators cling to power and withhold freedoms. And yet, the quest to make aid work for the poor is phoenix-like in its ability to rise and rise again

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