{"product_id":"digital-technologies-and-activism-in-authoritarian-contexts-and-beyond-9781399550383","title":"Digital Technologies and Activism in Authoritarian Contexts and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zahid Shahab Ahmed | Shahram Akbarzadeh | Ihsan Yilmaz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comparative Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines the complex and often paradoxical relationship between technologies and activism in authoritarian contexts. While technologies offer activists new tools for empowerment, networking and self-representation, they are equally susceptible to co-optation by political and corporate interests, resulting in heightened surveillance, censorship and threats to democratic processes. Moving beyond a narrow focus on digital tools, the book adopts a broad and inclusive definition of technologies to explore their diverse roles in shaping activism. Contributors investigate both the empowering and constraining effects of technologies across a range of authoritarian regimes, providing in-depth insights into the ways activists navigate and contest restrictive environments in authoritarian contexts and beyond. By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, the volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing activism today, enriching our understanding of the evolving interplay between technology, power and democratic aspirations in different contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47778914566295,"sku":"9781399550383","price":13618.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781399550383.webp?v=1778032048","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/digital-technologies-and-activism-in-authoritarian-contexts-and-beyond-9781399550383","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}