Book contents
- Dialogue with the Dictator
- Dialogue with the Dictator
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Theory of Participatory Technologies
- 3 Varieties of Participatory Technologies in Nondemocracies
- 4 The Direct Line with Vladimir Putin
- 5 Information Management, Performative Governance, and Image Making in the Direct Line
- 6 Manufacturing Consent
- 7 Who Buys In?
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2024
Book contents
- Dialogue with the Dictator
- Dialogue with the Dictator
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Theory of Participatory Technologies
- 3 Varieties of Participatory Technologies in Nondemocracies
- 4 The Direct Line with Vladimir Putin
- 5 Information Management, Performative Governance, and Image Making in the Direct Line
- 6 Manufacturing Consent
- 7 Who Buys In?
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
Summary
Authoritarian regimes go to great lengths to dominate spaces for political engagement to control the political narrative and manufacture consent. How do autocrats balance the need for support and information on one hand and control on the other? Chapter 1 introduces two key problems of authoritarian rule – information management and legitimation – and explains how these regimes structure interaction between authorities and the public to overcome these problems.
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- Dialogue with the DictatorAuthoritarian Legitimation and Information Management in Putin's Russia, pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024