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informational autocracy: a standalone construct

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Political science

autocrats who stay in power by manipulating information and public beliefs rather than relying mainly on open repression.

In political science, informational autocracy refers to autocrats who stay in power by manipulating information and public beliefs rather than relying mainly on open repression. This meaning comes from Guriev (2019) in Journal of Economic Perspectives.[1]

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information4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs power6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs repression3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Guriev, S., & Treisman, D. (2019). Informational Autocrats. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 33(4), 100-127. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.33.4.100

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