The digital origins of dictatorship and democracy
information technology and political Islam
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Author
Publication
2010 - Oxford Univesity Press, Oxford, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
71,250 words, Guess
Page Count
285 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedigitaloriginsdi00howa
- Internet Archivedigitaloriginsof0000howa
- ISBN-100199736421
- ISBN-139780199736416
- ISBN-139780199736423
and 7 more
- ISBN-100199736413
- Library of Congress Control Number2009043565
- OCLC Control Number459210398
- OCLC Control Number668197560
- Better World Books9780199736423
- Better World Books9780199736416
- Open LibraryOL23862177M
Classifications
- DDC320.917/6702854678
- LCCJQ1852.A58 H69 1010
- LCCJQ1852.A58H69 1010
and 2 more
- LCCJQ1852.A58 H69 2010
- LCCJQ1852.A58 H69 2011
Description
Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people are developing political identities online, and digital technologies are helping civil society build systems of political communication independent of the state and beyond easy manipulation by cultural or religious elites. With unique data on patterns of media ownership and technology use, this book demonstrates how, since the mid-1990s, information technologies have had a role in political transformation. Democratic revolutions are not caused by new information technologies. But in the Muslim world, democratization is no longer possible without them. -- Publisher description.
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Series Statement
- Oxford studies in digital politics
Other Editions
- The digital origins of dictatorship and democracy: information technology and political Islam
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