Books:

The Dictator’s Dilemma: The Chinese Communist Party’s Strategy for Survival (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016)

Allies of the State: Democratic Support and Regime Support among China’s Private Entrepreneurs (Harvard University Press, 2010), co-author with Jie Chen

Wealth into Power: The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Red Capitalists in China: The Party, Private Entrepreneurs, and Prospects for Political Change (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Democratization in China and Taiwan: The Adaptability of Leninist Parties (Oxford University Press, 1998)

Professor Dickson has also published articles in Asian Survey, China Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Current History, Journal of Democracy, and Political Science Quarterly, and is co-editor of four other books.