Description: Further DetailsTitle: Spin DictatorsCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackEAN: 9780691224473Subtitle: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st CenturyISBN-10: 0691224471ISBN: 9780691224473Publisher: Princeton University PressRelease Date: 04/04/2023Description: A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the YearHow a new breed of dictators holds 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 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 133mmAuthor: Daniel Treisman, Sergei GurievGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Social Sciences, Films & TV, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Spin Dictators
Title: Spin Dictators
EAN: 9780691224473
Subtitle: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
ISBN-10: 0691224471
ISBN: 9780691224473
Release Date: 04/04/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Spin Dictators : the Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Topic: Media Studies, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, Comparative Politics, Censorship, Propaganda
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2023
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 10.8 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Daniel Treisman, Sergei Guriev
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
