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Regularizing Rioting: Permitting Public Protest in an Authoritarian Regime

Peter L. Lorentzen · Quarterly Journal of Political Science 8(2), 127–158 · 2013

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Peter L. Lorentzen
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DOI 10.1561/100.00012051

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TheoryWintrobe'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.