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Dictatorship and Information

Pekingology

CHAPTER

The Vertical Transmission of Information

Authoritarian incumbents foster multiple channels for the collection of information. Regime insiders know what the shortcoming of each individual channel is. And then as a result, are at least in theory capable of getting a relatively full picture of the discontent in society.

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