h1. Centre for International Studies (CIS) Sponsored Book Workshop

*If you would like to attend this event please register by emailing Barnaby King (barnaby.king@tss.ox.ac.uk). Draft chapters of the manuscript will be sent, in advance of the event, to those that confirm they are attending.*

On Friday 20th October, the Centre for International Studies (CIS) will host a book manuscript workshop on Professor Cécile Fabre’s book-in-progress ‘Economic Statecraft’. Lunch will be provided.

*Abstract:*

To understand state control, we need to consider both citizens’ actions and regime response. This paper uses an original dataset containing detailed information from a sample of almost 300 informants to East Germany’s Ministry for State Security (Stasi) to shed light on the way in which an authoritarian system can use covert repression to counter the effects of a destabilizing process. I consider both the supply of potential informants, arising from the wider society, and the Stasi’s demand for them.

(Nuffield College Political Science Seminar)

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