Dictators and their secret police: coercive institutions and state violence

"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 ordinar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greitens, Sheena Chestnut (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Edition:First published
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Asien
Autoritarismus
Dictatorship
Diktatur
Gewalt
Hochschulschrift
Intelligence service
Political Science > General
Political Violence
Politik
Politische Polizei
Politische Verfolgung
Politisches System
Regierungskriminalität
State-sponsored terrorism
State crimes
State sponsored terrorism
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