TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guriev,S.M.
AU  - Treisman,Daniel
TI  - Spin dictators: the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century 
SN  - 9780691211411
AV  - JC 480 . G86 2022
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Princeton, Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Authoritarianism
KW  - Dictators
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Propaganda
KW  - Spin doctors
KW  - Autoritarisme
KW  - Dictateurs
KW  - Propagande
KW  - Doreurs d'image
KW  - dictators
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-326) and index; Preface -- Introduction : fear and spin -- Part I: How it's done. Discipline, but don't punish ; Postmodern propaganda ; Sensible censorship ; Democracy for dictators ; Global pillage -- Part II: Why it's happening and what to do about it. The modernization cocktail ; The future of spin
N2  - 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
ER  -