Dictatorship and information : (Record no. 3091001)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | JGU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240904020013.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780197672938 |
| Qualifying information | pbk. |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | JGU |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dimitrov, Martin K., |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1660838 |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Dictatorship and information : |
| Remainder of title | authoritarian 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This study 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 the lack of information about elite and popular discontent. Empirically, the book presents a detailed discussion of the types of information-gathering institutions created in autocracies, paying particular attention to the difference between standard mechanisms for the retrospective assessment of overt dissatisfaction and the more sophisticated channels for anticipatory evaluations of latent discontent. The book argues that the creation of institutions for the involuntary collection of information is straightforward, but that only certain regimes successfully promote the voluntary provision of information, which is essential for anticipatory governance. In ethnically heterogeneous countries, compactly settled ethnic minorities present a further obstacle for establishing a panoptical authoritarian vision. These problems notwithstanding, communist regimes are especially adept at developing sophisticated systems that mobilize the party, State Security, and internal journalism to assess levels of discontent. Methodologically, the book demonstrates that documents prepared for regime insiders are more likely to shed light on a secret activity like information collection than officially released materials. Theoretically, the book argues that although the dictator's dilemma can be solved and abundant information does extend authoritarian lifespans, information cannot ensure the indefinite survival of dictatorships. The book is based on detailed analysis of the origins and evolution of information-gathering systems in communist Bulgaria (1944-1991) and in China (1949-present), supplemented by eight case studies of information collection in the complete range of authoritarian regimes"-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Intelligence service--China. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1664468 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Authoritarianism--Case studies. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Koha item type | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode | Total Checkouts | Checked out | Date last seen | Date checked out |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General Books | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | Main Library | 320.53 DI-D | 153867 | 1 | 31/10/2024 | 03/09/2024 | 03/09/2024 |