Dictatorship and Information, Authoritarian Regime Resilience

Martin: Dictatorship and Information, authoritarian regime resilience in communist Europe and China. Author argues that single-party communist regimes are the longest-lasting type of authoritarian regime. He says this suggests they have found ways to mitigate or perhaps even solve the Dictators dilemma. Martin: All three avenues, competitive elections, protests and liberalized media, create information about popular discontent.