Spin dictators : the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century
(2022)
By:
Guriev, S. M.
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
320.53/GURIEV,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2022]
©2022
©2022
DESCRIPTION
xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780691211411, 0691211418, 9780691211411
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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