Free and open to all students of Oxford University and Oxford Brookes.

How do dictators stay in power even when they’re deeply
disliked? In this talk, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses selectorate theory to explain how dictators keep their supporters happy and manage the opposition in order to ensure the survival of there regimes.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is Silver Professor of Politics at New York University. His books include ‘The Dictator’s Handbook’ (2011) and ‘The Strategy of Campaigning’ (2007).

A Q&A session will be held after the talk. The event will take place in Wadham College’s Gillese Badun Room. We hope to see you there!