How Dictators Survive: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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!
Date:
15 November 2018, 16:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue:
Shulman Auditorium
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Organiser:
Oxford PPE Society (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
cyrus.jones@me.com
Host:
Cyrus Jones (University of Oxford)
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Cyrus Jones
