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Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad.

Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.

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Analysis: The Dictator's Survival Guide

The Dictator's Survival Guide

BBC Radio 4 - Analysis, The Dictator's Survival Guide

A handbook on the strategies autocrats use to survive in office.

A handbook on the strategies autocrats use to survive in office. James Tilley finds out how authoritarians manage to suppress opposition and remain in power.

How do dictators and authoritarians stay in power? James Tilley, a professor of politics at Oxford University, finds out what's in the dictators' survival guide. How do they control ordinary people and stop revolts? How do they stop rivals from taking over? And how do they manipulate apparently democratic procedures like elections - such as the notoriously fraudulent 2004 vote in Ukraine - to secure their rule?  This is another chance to hear a programme, originally broadcast in 2018, that has acquired new relevance. 

Producer: Bob Howard
Production Coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed
Editor: Hugh Levinson

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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