The digital origins of dictatorship and democracy : information technology and political Islam /

Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma : the very information & communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. This book looks at the role that communications technologies play in advancing democratic transitions in Muslim countrie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Howard, Philip N.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:	Oxford studies in digital politics.
Subjects:	Information technology > Political aspects > Islamic countries. Internet > Political aspects > Islamic countries. Islamic countries > Politics and government. Technologie de l'information > Aspect politique > Pays musulmans. Internet > Aspect politique > Pays musulmans. Civics & Citizenship. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Political Process. Political Freedom. Media Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Information technology > Political aspects Internet > Political aspects Politics and government Islamic countries Neue Medien Elektronisches Forum Massenmedien Demokratisierung Politisches Bewusstsein Politische Identität Internationaler Vergleich Islamische Staaten Islamischer Fundamentalismus. Informationstechnik. Internet. Nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication > Aspect politique > Pays islamiques. Internet > Aspect politique > Pays islamiques. Pays islamiques > Politique et gouvernement. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Evolution and revolution, transition and entrenchment
Lineages of the digital state
Political parties online
New media and journalism online
Civil society and systems of political communication
Censorship and the politics of cultural production
Conclusion: information technology and democratic Islam.