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Political Survival and the Modern Prince Inside Autocracy: Political Survival and the Modern Prince The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Carter, Brett Logan. 2014. Inside Autocracy: Political Survival and the Modern Prince. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University. 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