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In Dictatorship and Information, Martin K. Dimitrov offers a systematic theory of the institutional solutions to the dictator's dilemma, which arises from the incapacity to calibrate repression and concessions due to distorted information about elite and popular discontent. Dimitrov argues that communist regimes are especially adept at developing sophisticated systems that mobilize the party, State Security, and internal journalism to assess levels of dissent. Drawing from a rich base of evidence across multiple communist regimes and nearly 100 interviews, Dimitrov reshapes our understanding of how autocrats learn--or fail to learn--about the societies they rule, and how they maintain--or lose--power.
In Dictatorship and Information, Martin K. Dimitrov offers a systematic theory of the institutional solutions to the dictator's dilemma, which arises from the incapacity to calibrate repression and concessions due to distorted information about elite and popular discontent. Dimitrov argues that communist regimes are especially adept at developing sophisticated systems that mobilize the party, State Security, and internal journalism to assess levels of dissent. Drawing from a rich base of evidence across multiple communist regimes and nearly 100 interviews, Dimitrov reshapes our understanding of how autocrats learn--or fail to learn--about the societies they rule, and how they maintain--or lose--power.
Über den Autor
Martin K. Dimitrov is Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. His books include Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China; Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe; and The Political Logic of Socialist Consumption.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures and Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Theory and Method
1. Introduction: Solving the Dictator's Dilemma
2. Studying Government Perceptions of Popular Discontent in Autocracies
Part II. Parallel Origins of Communist Information States
3. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in Bulgaria, 1944-1958
4. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in China, 1949-1958
Part III. Divergent Evolution of Communist Information States
5. Bread and Circuses: Consumption and Stability in Bulgaria, 1959-1988
6. Continuity and Change: Information Gathering in China, 1959-1988
Part IV. Similar Crises, Varied Contexts, Different Reforms
7. Information-Gathering Institutions in Bulgaria, 1989-1991
8. Information-Gathering Institutions in China, 1989-2019
Part V. Generalizability of the Theory
9. Scope Conditions: Authoritarian Information-Gathering Institutions
10. Conclusion: Information and Authoritarian Regime Resilience
Index
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Theory and Method
1. Introduction: Solving the Dictator's Dilemma
2. Studying Government Perceptions of Popular Discontent in Autocracies
Part II. Parallel Origins of Communist Information States
3. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in Bulgaria, 1944-1958
4. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in China, 1949-1958
Part III. Divergent Evolution of Communist Information States
5. Bread and Circuses: Consumption and Stability in Bulgaria, 1959-1988
6. Continuity and Change: Information Gathering in China, 1959-1988
Part IV. Similar Crises, Varied Contexts, Different Reforms
7. Information-Gathering Institutions in Bulgaria, 1989-1991
8. Information-Gathering Institutions in China, 1989-2019
Part V. Generalizability of the Theory
9. Scope Conditions: Authoritarian Information-Gathering Institutions
10. Conclusion: Information and Authoritarian Regime Resilience
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
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Genre: | Politikwissenschaften |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780197672938 |
ISBN-10: | 0197672930 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Dimitrov, Martin K. |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Maße: | 233 x 155 x 38 mm |
Von/Mit: | Martin K. Dimitrov |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.03.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,662 kg |
Über den Autor
Martin K. Dimitrov is Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. His books include Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China; Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe; and The Political Logic of Socialist Consumption.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures and Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Theory and Method
1. Introduction: Solving the Dictator's Dilemma
2. Studying Government Perceptions of Popular Discontent in Autocracies
Part II. Parallel Origins of Communist Information States
3. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in Bulgaria, 1944-1958
4. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in China, 1949-1958
Part III. Divergent Evolution of Communist Information States
5. Bread and Circuses: Consumption and Stability in Bulgaria, 1959-1988
6. Continuity and Change: Information Gathering in China, 1959-1988
Part IV. Similar Crises, Varied Contexts, Different Reforms
7. Information-Gathering Institutions in Bulgaria, 1989-1991
8. Information-Gathering Institutions in China, 1989-2019
Part V. Generalizability of the Theory
9. Scope Conditions: Authoritarian Information-Gathering Institutions
10. Conclusion: Information and Authoritarian Regime Resilience
Index
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Theory and Method
1. Introduction: Solving the Dictator's Dilemma
2. Studying Government Perceptions of Popular Discontent in Autocracies
Part II. Parallel Origins of Communist Information States
3. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in Bulgaria, 1944-1958
4. Monitoring and Counteracting Dissent in China, 1949-1958
Part III. Divergent Evolution of Communist Information States
5. Bread and Circuses: Consumption and Stability in Bulgaria, 1959-1988
6. Continuity and Change: Information Gathering in China, 1959-1988
Part IV. Similar Crises, Varied Contexts, Different Reforms
7. Information-Gathering Institutions in Bulgaria, 1989-1991
8. Information-Gathering Institutions in China, 1989-2019
Part V. Generalizability of the Theory
9. Scope Conditions: Authoritarian Information-Gathering Institutions
10. Conclusion: Information and Authoritarian Regime Resilience
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Genre: | Politikwissenschaften |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780197672938 |
ISBN-10: | 0197672930 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Dimitrov, Martin K. |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Maße: | 233 x 155 x 38 mm |
Von/Mit: | Martin K. Dimitrov |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.03.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,662 kg |
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