Spin Dictators : : The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century / / Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman.

How a new breed of dangerous authoritarian leaders hold power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticate...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 4 b/w illus. 2 tables.
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
PREFACE --
INTRODUCTION --
CHAPTER 1 FEAR AND SPIN --
PART I HOW IT’S DONE --
CHAPTER 2 DISCIPLINE, BUT DON’T PUNISH --
CHAPTER 3 POSTMODERN PROPAGANDA --
CHAPTER 4 SENSIBLE CENSORSHIP --
CHAPTER 5 DEMOCRACY FOR DICTATORS --
CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL PILLAGE --
PART II WHY IT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT --
CHAPTER 7 THE MODERNIZATION COCKTAIL --
CHAPTER 8 THE FUTURE OF SPIN --
NOTES --
REFERENCES --
INDEX
Summary:How a new breed of dangerous authoritarian leaders hold power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Viktor Orbán control their citizens by distorting information and simulating democratic procedures. Like spin doctors in democracies, they spin the news to engineer support. Uncovering this new brand of authoritarianism, Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman explain the rise of such “spin dictators,” describing how they emerge and operate, the new threats they pose, and how democracies should respond.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. They cultivated an image of competence, concealed censorship, and used democratic institutions to undermine democracy, all while increasing international engagement for financial and reputational benefits. 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.Offering incisive portraits of today’s authoritarian leaders, Spin Dictators explains some of the great political puzzles of our time—from how dictators can survive in an age of growing modernity to the disturbing convergence and mutual sympathy between dictators and populists like Donald Trump.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780691224466
9783110993899
9783110994810
9783110994513
9783110994407
9783110749731
DOI:10.1515/9780691224466?locatt=mode:legacy
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Statement of Responsibility: Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman.