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

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 rem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guriev, S. M. (Author), Treisman, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spin doctors.
Propaganda.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Dictators.
Authoritarianism.
dictators.
Doreurs d'image.
Propagande.
Dictateurs.
Autoritarisme.
Propaganda
Authoritarianism
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fear and spin
  • Discipline, but don't punish
  • Postmodern propaganda
  • Sensible censorship
  • Democracy for dictators
  • Global pillage
  • The modernization cocktail
  • The future of spin.

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