The Political Economy of Dictatorship
Ronald Wintrobe — The Political Economy of Dictatorship (1998)Ronald Wintrobe · 1998 · Book · Chapter on the dictator's dilemmaTheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1042 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: The dictator's information problem · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Wintrobe's dictator's dilemma holds that the more a ruler relies on repression, the less he can know about his true level of support, because subjects who fear punishment hide disloyalty.”
Evidence that supports
2Dictatorship and Information: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China
Martin K. Dimitrov — Dictatorship and Information: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China (2023)Martin K. Dimitrov · 2023 · Book · Institutional responses in communist regimesEvidence that contradicts
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Context
Regularizing Rioting: Permitting Public Protest in an Authoritarian Regime
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