Open Networks, Closed Regimes : The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule

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As the Internet diffuses across the globe, many have come to believe that the technology poses an insurmountable threat to authoritarian rule. Grounded in the Internet's early libertarian culture and predicated on anecdotes pulled from diverse political climates, this conventional wisdom has in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalathil, Shanthi
Other Authors: Boas, Taylor C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Internet > Political aspects.
Authoritarianism.
COMPUTERS > Social Aspects > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Internet > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Autoritarisme > Études de cas.
Internet > Political aspects > Case studies.
Authoritarianism > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:As the Internet diffuses across the globe, many have come to believe that the technology poses an insurmountable threat to authoritarian rule. Grounded in the Internet's early libertarian culture and predicated on anecdotes pulled from diverse political climates, this conventional wisdom has informed the views of policymakers, business leaders, and media pundits alike. Yet few studies have sought to systematically analyze the exact ways in which Internet use may lay the basis for political change. In O pen Networks, Closed Regimes, the authors take a comprehensive look at how a broad.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages).
ISBN:9780870033315

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