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Spin Dictators The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

Sergei Guriev

A Hitler, 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 Tayyi...

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Norris highlighted the book as an analysis of modern authoritarian regimes using propaganda and controlled elections.

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And the book is called Spin Dictators. And it's about the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century. It looks at how dictators use propaganda, manipulation of information, and electoral authoritari...

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Norris highlighted the book as an analysis of modern authoritarian regimes using propaganda and controlled elections.

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And the book is called Spin Dictators. And it's about the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century. It looks at how dictators use propaganda, manipulation of information, and electoral authoritarianism to maintain popular support.

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