Taylor China’s Digital Authoritarianism

A Governance Perspective
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-11252-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 169 Seiten

Reihe: Political Science and International Studies (R0)

This book provides a governance perspective on China’s digital authoritarianism by examining the political and institutional dynamics of the country’s internet sector in a historical context. Using leading theories of authoritarian institutions, it discusses China’s approach to the internet and methods of implementation in terms of party-state institutions and policy processes. This provides a much-needed ‘inside out’ perspective on digital authoritarianism that avoids the perception of China as some coherent and static monolith.  The study also offers a powerful rationale for China’s cyber sovereignty as an externalisation of its domestic internet governance framework and broader political-economic context. As China shifts from rule-taker to rule-maker in world politics, the Chinese Dream (zhongguo meng) is now going global. Beijing’s digital authoritarian toolkit is being promoted and exported to other authoritarian regimes, making China a major driver of digital repression at the global level. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Monique

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Building Digital Authoritarianism: From the Great Firewall to the New IP.- 2.  Authoritarian Governance and China’s Party-Centric Model.- 3.  Internet Governance during the Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao Eras.- 4. Digital Authoritarianism in the Xi Jinping Era.- 5. A Party-Led Internet Economy.- 6. China’s Digital Authoritarianism Goes Global.- 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Monique Taylor  is University Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.