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Open Networks, Closed Regimes

By Shanthi Kalathil

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Open Networks, Closed Regimes

By Shanthi Kalathil

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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 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 range of societal and political actors in eight authoritarian and semi-authoritarian countries employ the Internet. Based on methodical assessment of evidence from these cases-China, Cuba, Singapore, Vietnam, Burma, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt-the study contends that the Internet is not necessarily a threat to authoritarian regimes.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
236
Release Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Date:
2022-01-20
Publisher:
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0870031945
ISBN13:
9780870031946
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
390 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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