Autocracy's Resistance in the Internet Age:

How do autocratic governments exploit communication technology in their efforts to maintain power? Can prodemocracy activists successfully use that same technology to support the overthrow of autocratic rulers? Rachel Vanderhill addresses these two questions, exploring in detail how social media are...

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1. Verfasser: Vanderhill, Rachel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boulder, CO Lynne Rienner Publishers 2020
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Zusammenfassung:How do autocratic governments exploit communication technology in their efforts to maintain power? Can prodemocracy activists successfully use that same technology to support the overthrow of autocratic rulers? Rachel Vanderhill addresses these two questions, exploring in detail how social media are both aiding and undermining autocratic regimes in the Middle East, North Africa, and the former Soviet republics
Beschreibung:Intro -- Title page -- copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Ch1- The Revolution Will BeTweeted . . . Or Not? -- The Complex World of Internet, Politics, and Society Studies -- Argument Overview -- A Note About Definitions -- Methodological Approach -- Introduction to the Cases -- Table 1.1 Cases and Regime Outcomes -- Plan of the Book -- Notes -- Ch2- Authoritarian Regimes and Information Communication Technology -- How People Use ICT to Challenge the Regime -- How Authoritarian Governments Use ICT -- Explaining Regime Outcomes -- Table 2.1 Explaining Regime Outcomes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Ch3- Censorship, Surveillance, andPropaganda: The Cases of Iran and Russia -- An Introduction to Iran and Russia -- Digitally Networked Antiregime Protests in Iran and Russia -- The Role of ICT in the Iranian and Russian Protests -- Why Did the Regime Survive in Iran and Russia? -- Internet Control, Repression, and Propaganda in Iran and Russia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Ch4- Protest Without Change:The Cases of Armenia and Moldova -- An Introduction to Armenia and Moldova -- Antigovernment Protests in Armenia and Moldova -- The Role of ICT in the Protests -- Why the Armenian (2008 and 2013) and Moldovan Protests Failed -- Why Did the 2018 Armenian Protests Succeed? -- ICT in the Postoverthrow Context: Prospects for Democratization in Armenia? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Ch5- Regime Overthrow Is Not Democratization: The Cases of Kyrgyzstan and Egypt -- An Introduction to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt -- Regime Overthrow in Kyrgyzstan and Egypt -- The Role of ICT in Successful Overthrow -- Why Regime Overthrow? -- ICT in Postoverthrow Contexts: Ineffective Aid for Democratization -- Table 5.1 Freedom House's Nations in Transit Scores -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Ch6- From Protest to Democratization: The Case of Tunisia -- The Overthrow of Ben Ali
The Role of ICT in the Government Overthrow -- Why Did Regime Breakdown Occur? -- Table 6.1 Tunisia's Neighbors -- Why Did Tunisia Democratize? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Ch7- Autocracy in the Internet Age -- Evaluating the Four Mechanisms for Using ICT -- Table 7.1 ICT and Breakdown: Which Mechanisms Occurred Where? -- Authoritarian Governments and ICT -- Table 7.2 Authoritarian Governments' Approaches to ICT -- Explaining Regime Outcomes -- Table 7.3 Regime Outcomes -- Prospects for Democratization inthe MENA and Post-Soviet Regions? -- What's Next? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
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