Dictatorship and Information (Record no. 62488)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780197672938
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : International Book Distributors
Distributor address : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi.
Bill Number : 120737
Bill Date : 13/09/2024
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Classification number 320.53 DIM
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dimitrov, Martin K.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Dictatorship and Information
Remainder of title : Authoritatian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Martin K Dimitrov.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2023.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xix, 470p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 1767
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Fear pervades dictatorial regimes. Citizens fear leaders, the regime's agents fear superiors, and leaders fear the masses. The ubiquity of fear in such regimes gives rise to the "dictator's dilemma," where autocrats do not know the level of opposition they face and cannot effectively neutralize domestic threats to their rule. The dilemma has led scholars to believe that autocracies are likely to be short-lived.<br/><br/>Yet, some autocracies have found ways to mitigate the dictator's dilemma. As Martin K. Dimitrov shows in Dictatorship and Information, substantial variability exists in the survival of nondemocratic regimes, with single-party polities having the longest average duration. Offering a systematic theory of the institutional solutions to the dictator's dilemma, Dimitrov argues that single-party autocracies have fostered channels that allow for the confidential vertical transmission of information, while also solving the problems associated with distorted information.<br/><br/>To explain how this all works, Dimitrov focuses on communist regimes, which have the longest average lifespan among single-party autocracies and have developed the most sophisticated information-gathering institutions. Communist regimes face a variety of threats, but the main one is the masses. Dimitrov therefore examines the origins, evolution, and internal logic of the information-collection ecosystem established by communist states to monitor popular 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.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Ubiquity of fear
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Dictator's dilemma
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Dictatorship and Information
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Martin K. Dimitrov
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