Making the world safe for dictatorship / Alexander Dukalskis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dukalskis, Alexander, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--Public relations.

Authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism--Press coverage.

Mass media and propaganda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Authoritarian states try to present a positive image of themselves abroad. They invest in foreign-facing media, retain public relations firms, and showcase their successes to elite and popular foreign audiences. But there is also a darker side to these efforts. Authoritarian states try to obscure or censor bad news about their governments and often discredit their critics abroad. In extreme cases, authoritarian states intimidate, physically attack, or even murder their opponents overseas. This book is about how authoritarian states manage their image abroad using both 'promotional' tactics of persuasion and 'obstructive' tactics of repression.

Contents:

Cover

Making the World Safe for Dictatorship

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Companion Website

1. Introduction: Making the World Safe for Dictatorship

2. The Motivations Behind Authoritarian Image Management

3. Mechanisms of Authoritarian Image Management

4. Selling Dictatorship and Silencing Dissent: A Global Snapshot

5. Controlling Critical Messengers: Foreign Correspondents in China

6. Promoting and Controlling the China Dream: China's External Propaganda and Repression

7. Projecting Peace and Prosperity: Authoritarian Image Management and RPF Rwanda

8. Coping with a Post-​Communist World: North Korea

9. Conclusion: Looking Backward, Forward, and Inward

Appendix 1: PR and Lobbying by Authoritarian States in the United States, 2018-​2019

Appendix 2: Authoritarian Actions Abroad Database (AAAD)-​Codebook, Version 5 (September 2020)

Appendix 3: Pro-​DPRK Groups with Internet Presence (as of November 2019)

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-752015-4

0-19-752016-2

0-19-752014-6

OCLC:

1224041723