Sultanistic Regimes

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Brief Description: This volume studies important sultanistic regimes in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, and the Philippines. Biographical Note: Houchang Chehabi is professor of international relations at Boston University. Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor of Political Social and Science at Yale University. Publisher Marketing: Sultanistic regimes, as Juan Linz describes them, are authoritarian regimes based on personal ideology and personal favor to maintain the autocrat in power; there is little ideological basis for the rule except personal power. This volume of essays studies important sultantistic regimes in the Domanican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, and the Philippines. Part one contains two comparative essays, which discuss common characteristics of sultanistic regimes, compare them to totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, and trace common patterns for these regimes' rise and fall. Chehabi and Linz argue that sultanistic regimes do not offer favorable transitions to democracy, no matter what the person in power says. Part two applies Linz's model to country studies.

Contributor Bio:  Linz, Juan J Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science at Yale University.