We will argue that Hobbes’s confidence in monarchy was mistaken in logic and in fact and that Machiavelli’s perspective that a republic is best for promoting freedom and institutional stability is correct. (Location 199)
and political institutions so that economic crises are themselves a product of choices regarding governing institutions. In this way, we try to add to the predictability (Location 328)
It also offers a theoretical and empirical way to think about nation building as a consequence of the deposition of leaders, either by foreign rivals or by domestic challengers in the context of the nation’s war experience. (Location 382)
different circumstances influence the choice of political-selection institutions, but in each case we believe that such choices are motivated by the interest politicians have in holding onto office. (Location 398)