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Corruption, fake news, and the "informational autocracy" sustaining Putin in power
After fading into the background for many years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia suddenly has emerged as a new threat-at least in the minds of many Westerners. But Western assumptions about Russia, and in particular aboutâŚ
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How is it that political strongmenâfrom Putin in Russia to Hungary, Venezuela, Peru, and beyondâare able to impose their authoritarian control without the mass bloodshed of dictatorships past? UCLA Political Science Professor Daniel Treismanâalong with Russian economist Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po)âhave developed a New Autocracy model suggesting that individuals are less concerned with democracy per se, and more with competent government. Leaders, accordingly, use mechanisms of media manipulation and selective suppression to build the image of government competence. In this edited volume, Treisman and his co-authors demonstrate convincingly that this framework better explains political outcomesâincluding the annexation of Crimeaâthan alternativeâŚ
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