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Spin dictators : the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century / Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guriev, S. M., author.
- Treisman, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authoritarianism.
- Dictators.
- Mass media--Political aspects.
- Mass media.
- Propaganda.
- Spin doctors.
- dictators.
- Medical Subjects:
- Authoritarianism.
- Propaganda.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Fear and Spin
- pt. I HOW IT'S DONE
- ch. 2 Discipline, but Don't Punish
- ch. 3 Postmodern Propaganda
- ch. 4 Sensible Censorship
- ch. 5 Democracy for Dictators
- ch. 6 Global Pillage
- pt. II WHY IT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
- ch. 7 The Modernization Cocktail
- ch. 8 The Future of Spin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-326) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0691211418
- 9780691211411
- OCLC:
- 1264712927
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