Published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press; see also: amazon.com and google books.

Winner of the 2013 Best Book Award of the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association.

More: Table of Contents, Figures & Tables, Introduction: The Anatomy of Dictatorship (Chapter 1)

Reviews: Gerardo Maldonado in Política y gobierno, Henry Thomson in CEU Political Science Journal, Fabian Thunemann in Neue Politische Literatur, Joseph Wright in Perspectives on Politics

Data:

• Regime Data: Authoritarian Spells, 1946-2008; Authoritarian Spells, country-year format, 1946-2008; No-Authority Spells, 1946-2008; Regime Type and No-Authority Periods, 1946-2008; Regime Type and No-Authority Periods, country-year format,1946-2008 (zipped data in csv, excel, and stata formats, codebook)
• Leader and Ruling Coalition Data: Leadership Change in Dictatorships, 1946-2008; Leadership Change in Dictatorships, leader-year format, 1946-2008; Authoritarian Ruling Coalitions, 1946-2008 (zipped data in csv, excel, and stata formats, codebook)
• Institutions Data: Institutions in Dictatorships, 1946-2008 (zipped data in csv, excel, and stata formats, codebook)