Legitimation and Autocratic Power in North Korea, Burma, and China
by
Alexander Dukalskis
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Authoritarian regimes craft and disseminate reasons, stories, and explanations for why they are entitled to rule. To shield those legitimating messages from criticism, authoritarian regimes also censor information that they find threatening. While committed opponents of the regime may be violently...