Autocracy and Resistance in the Internet Age

By Rachel Vanderhill

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626378991
• ISBN13: 9781626378995
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"