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Dictators and their Secret Police - Coercive Institutions and State Violence (Paperback)
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Dictators and their Secret Police - Coercive Institutions and State Violence (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use
repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the
role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia -
how these secret organizations originated, how they operated, and
how their violence affected ordinary citizens. Greitens argues that
autocrats face a coercive dilemma: whether to create internal
security forces designed to manage popular mobilization, or defend
against potential coup. Violence against civilians, she suggests,
is a byproduct of their attempt to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on
a wealth of new historical evidence, this book challenges
conventional wisdom on dictatorship: what autocrats are threatened
by, how they respond, and how this affects the lives and security
of the millions under their rule. It offers an unprecedented view
into the use of surveillance, coercion, and violence, and sheds new
light on the institutional and social foundations of authoritarian
power.
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