Introduction / by Charles K. Rowley. 1. The roots of the social dilemma. The roots of conflict ; The cooperative state ; The exploitative state
2. The goals and organizational forms of autocracies. The uses of dictatorship ; Becoming a dictator ; The problem of succession ; Democracy and despotism ; Monarchies, hereditary and nonhereditary
3. Revolution and its suppression. Revolution and welfare economics ; The paradox of revolution ; The economics of repression ; "Popular" risings ; Legitimacy and ethics
4. The coup d'etat and its suppression. Coup d'etat : structural factors ; The theory of the coup ; Coups and their prevention
5. The economics of war. International conflict : two parties
Agreement and cheating ; Three or more countries and the balance of power
Epilogue.
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The social dilemma : of autocracy, revolution, coup d'etat, and war by Gordon Tullock. ISBN 0865975388. Published by Liberty Fund in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
