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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1 A throne of bayonets: what is personalism and why does it matter? -- 1.1 The context -- 1.2 The internal dynamics of one-man rule -- 1.3 Capturing personalist behavior -- 1.4 Operationalizing personalism -- 1.5 How and when do regimes personalize? -- 1.6 Research questions -- 2 Fear and greed: four pillars of personalist regime behavior -- 2.1 Pillar I - coup-proofing -- 2.2 Pillar II - gatekeeping -- 2.3 Pillar III - repression -- 2.4 Pillar IV - hoarding -- 3 Framing the vicious circle: modeling transitions from personalist rule -- 3.1 The indirect impact of personalism - hypotheses H1 -- 3.2 Framing the vicious circle - hypotheses H2 -- 3.3 A word on research methodology -- 4 Divide and rule: testing the relational aspects of the model -- 4.1 Does ethnicity matter in personalist regimes? -- 4.2 Yahya Jammeh - the conqueror of rivers in The Gambia (1994-2017) -- 4.3 Didier Ratsiraka - the red admiral of Madagascar (1975-1993) -- 4.4 François Bozizé - the grim legacy of the emperor in the Central African Republic (2003-2013) -- 4.5 Summary -- 5 Resource curses: testing the functional aspects of the model -- 5.1 Untangling rents & -- rulers -- 5.2 Sani Abacha - Nigeria in the General's leprous grip (1993-1998) -- 5.3 Baré Maïnassara - a throne of sand in Niger (1996-1999) -- 5.4 Summary -- 6 Votes and violence: testing the dysfunctional aspects of the model -- 6.1 Channeling dissent -- 6.2 Lansana Conté - democracy on a dark diet in Guinea (1984-2008) -- 6.3 Blaise Compaoré - the puppet master of Burkina Faso (1987-2014) -- 6.4 Jerry John Rawlings - a safe landing in Ghana (1981-2001) -- 6.5 Summary.

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