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In political science, developing a grand theory of everything political seems like an unattainable goal. But Cuzns Laws of Politics brings us several significant steps closer to it. This work is a major scientific achievement.

Arend Lijphart, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California San Diego, U.S.A.

Cuzn tests claims about state power around the world, in democracies and non-democracies alike. Drawing on data from elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, he advances sweeping propositions based on patterns that only such a broad-gauged analysis could reveal. Few works of comparative politics are so ambitious, or so thought-provoking.

John M. Carey, Professor of Government and Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College, U.S.A.

If the title of this book challenges peoples assumptions about the political world, the content delivers a powerful punch. In this broadly comparative empirical study, Cuzn documents various laws of politics that operate in representative democracies and authoritarian systems, probing their causes and contemplating their consequences along the way. I heartily recommend it.

Chistopher Wlezien, Hogg Professor of Government at the University of Texas, U.S.A.

Laws of Politics

Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship and empirical analysis of elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, the author argues for the existence of primary and secondary laws of politics.

Starting with how basic elements of politicsleadership, organization, ideology, resources, and forcecoalesce in the formation of states, he proceeds to examine the operations of those laws in democracies and dictatorships. Primary laws constrain the support that incumbents draw from the electorate, limiting their time in office. They operate unimpeded in democracies. Secondary laws describe the general tendency of the state to expand vis--vis economy and society. They exert their greatest force in one-party states imbued with a totalitarian ideology. The author establishes the primary laws in a rigorous analysis of 1,100 parliamentary and presidential elections in 80 countries, plus another 1,000 U.S. gubernatorial elections. Evidence for the secondary laws is drawn from public expenditure data series, with findings presented in easily grasped tables and graphs. Having established these laws quantitatively, the author uses Cuba as a case study, adding qualitative analysis and a practical application to propose a constitutional framework for a future Cuban democracy.

Written in an engaging, jargon-free style, this enlightening book will be of great interest to students and scholars in political science, especially those specializing in comparative politics, as well as opinion leaders and engaged citizens.

Alfred G. Cuzn is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of West Florida, U.S.A., where he teaches primarily American and comparative politics.

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Laws of Politics

Their Operations in Democracies and Dictatorships

Alfred G. Cuzn

First published 2022

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2022 Alfred G. Cuzn

The right of Alfred G. Cuzn to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Names: Cuzan, Alfred G., author.

Title: Laws of politics : their operations in democracies and dictatorships / Alfred G. Cuzan.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
Series: Routledge advances in international relations and global politics |
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021006984 (print) | LCCN 2021006985 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780367759544 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367759513 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781003164845 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Political sciencePhilosophy. | Democracy. | Dictatorship. |
DemocratizationCuba. | CubaPolitics and government19591990. |
CubaPolitics and government1990

Classification: LCC JA71 .C895 2022 (print) |
LCC JA71 (ebook) | DDC 320.01dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021006984

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021006985

ISBN: 978-0-367-75954-4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-75951-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-16484-5 (ebk)

Typeset in Bembo

by Newgen Publishing UK

I dedicate this book to my wife, Linda Mary Cuzn, and in memoriam to our parents, Salvatore R. and Ruth E. Cipolla and Alfredo Gonzlez-Cuzn and Blanca Gonzlez-Cuzn.

Contents

PART I
Preliminaries

PART II
The making of democracies and dictatorships

PART III
A data set for the study of politics

PART IV
Primary laws of politics

PART V
Secondary laws of politics

PART VI
Cuba: A case study

PART VII
Recapitulation and conclusion

This book is a culmination of work carried out during the better part of two decades, and particularly in the last five years. In that period, I have produced a series of articles and papers, all listed in the bibliography, that together serve as the foundation of what follows. I have consolidated, enlarged, extended, and deepened it all in an attempt to construct a synthesis, a coherent whole encompassing basic principles and natural laws of politics. Whether I have succeeded is for the reader to decide.

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