Download or read book Political Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic written by C. Krohn-Hansen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is 'authoritarian rule' and is it best studied? Using the Dominican Republic, this book investigates new methods of analysis, arguing that it should be imperative to approach authoritarian histories – like other histories – on the basis of detailed investigations of power relationships, everyday practices and meanings.