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Technological empowerment : the Internet, state, and society in China / Yongnian Zheng.
LIBRA JQ1516 .Z4468 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zheng, Yongnian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--Technological innovations--China.
- Political participation.
- Internet--Political aspects--China.
- Internet.
- Democracy--China.
- Democracy.
- Internet--Political aspects.
- Political participation--Technological innovations.
- China.
- Internet--China.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Will new technologies, especially the Internet, bring freedom and democracy to authoritarian China? Thhis book argues that the internet has brought s new dynamics of sociopolitical change in China, mot always supportive of democracy.
- Contents:
- Politics of technological empowerment: science vs. democracy
- Information technology, nation-state building, and social movement
- Regulatory regime and political control
- The Internet, political liberalization, and political democratization
- The Internet, civic engagement, and public distrust
- Interaction strategies, collective action, and political consequences
- Information technology, state-society relations, and political changes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-203) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804757379
- 0804757372
- OCLC:
- 128237170
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