Information Politics in Dictatorships
Title
Information Politics in Dictatorships
Author
Wallace, Jeremy L.
Research Area
Class, Status and Power
Topic
Political Power
Abstract
Political science has made great progress in the study of nondemocratic regime survival in the past 15 years. Democratization is only one threat that such regimes face—indeed, most nondemocratic regimes are replaced by other dictators. How do regimes learn about the threats facing them? Cutting‐edge research has pointed to elite institutions, such as legislatures and politburos, easing information problems among regime insiders. However, the ways that nondemocratic regimes gather information about local agent performance and society remain underexplored.