RT Book
T1 Dictators and their secret police: coercive institutions and state violence
T2 Cambridge studies in contentious politics
T2 Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
A1 Greitens, Sheena Chestnut
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2016
ED First published
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/863455425
AB "How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia - how these secret organizations originated, how they operated, and how their violence affected ordinary citizens. Greitens argues that autocrats face a coercive dilemma: whether to create internal security forces designed to manage popular mobilization, or defend against potential coup. Violence against civilians, she suggests, is a byproduct of their attempt to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on a wealth of new historical evidence, this book challenges conventional wisdom on dictatorship: what autocrats are threatened by, how they respond, and how this affects the lives and security of the millions under their rule. It offers an unprecedented view into the use of surveillance, coercion, and violence, and sheds new light on the institutional and social foundations of authoritarian power"--
AB Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Puzzle and the Argument: 1. Introduction; 2. A theory of coercive institutions and state violence; Part II. The Origins of Coercive Institutions: 3. Organizing coercion in Taiwan; 4. Organizing coercion in the Philippines; 5. Organizing coercion in South Korea; Part III. Coercive Institutions and State Violence: 6. Coercive institutions and repression in Taiwan; 7. Coercive institutions and repression in the Philippines; 8. Coercive institutions and repression in South Korea; Part IV. Extensions and Conclusions: 9. Extending the argument: coercion outside East Asia; 10. Conclusion; Appendix. A note on sources
NO Literaturangaben. - Index
CN JC495
SN 9781316505311
SN 9781107139848
K1 State sponsored terrorism
K1 Political Science : General
K1 Dictatorship
K1 Intelligence service
K1 Political Violence
K1 State crimes
K1 State-sponsored terrorism
K1 Politisches System
K1 Autoritarismus
K1 Diktatur
K1 Politische Polizei
K1 Gewalt
K1 Politik
K1 Verbrechen
K1 Politische Verfolgung
K1 Regierungskriminalität
K1 Asien
K1 Hochschulschrift
K1 Taiwan : Philippinen : Südkorea : Diktatur : Geheimdienst : Unterdrückung : Macht