Spin dictators : the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century / Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.
Title:
Spin dictators : the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century / Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.
ISBN:
9780691211411
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Publication Information:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
©2022
Physical Description:
xi, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction. Fear and spin -- How it's done. Discipline, but don't punish -- Postmodern propaganda -- Sensible censorship -- Democracy for dictators -- Global pillage -- Why it's happening and what to do about it. The modernization cocktail -- The future of spin.
Summary:
Spin Dictators traces how leaders such as Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Peru's Alberto Fujimori pioneered less violent, more covert, and more effective methods of monopolizing power. The book reveals why most of today's authoritarians are spin dictators--and how they differ from the remaining "fear dictators" such as Kim Jong-un and Bashar al-Assad, as well as from masters of high-tech repression like Xi Jinping.
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OCLC Number:
on1264712927
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