Spin dictators

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A Financial Times Best Politics Book of the Year

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy

Hitler, 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 Erdogan, 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.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 04 april 2023

Aantal pagina's: 368

Illustraties: Met illustraties

Hoofdauteur: Daniel Treisman

Tweede Auteur: Sergei Guriev

Hoofduitgeverij: Princeton University Press

Product breedte: 133 mm

Product lengte: 203 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 131 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm

Verpakking lengte: 199 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 651 g

EAN: 9780691224473

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