Состоялось очередное заседание научного семинара "Политическая экономика"

Speaker: Maxim Ananyev ( UCLA) 
Topic: "A Theory of Authoritarian Image-Building"

Abstract:

How do autocrats create an image of invincibility and thus deter social unrest? We offer a theory of authoritarian survival  based on information manipulation. Given that the expected payoffs from participating in a social unrest exhibit strategic complementarities, revelation of a strategically slanted information about the level of public support for the status quo can decrease a possibility of a regime failure. Unlike previous studies that demonstrate an unequivocal effectiveness of censorship for authoritarian survival, our theory has a more nuanced prediction: it is the intermediate level of media freedom where information manipulation is the most effective.

Заседание состоялось 09 .09.2014 в   18.15   по  адресу: г. Москва, улица Шаболовка, дом 26, корпус 4, аудитория   4322.