"Using rich and original primary sources, this excellent book looks deeply at the case of Saddam Hussein's Iraq to develop a new theory of how cooperation and resistance emerge in oppressive political contexts."--Fotini Christia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lisa Blaydes is associate professor of political science and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak's Egypt.