Spin Dictators : : The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century /

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

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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
VerfasserIn:
Guriev, Sergei,
Treisman, Daniel,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2022
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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