@article{1448967, recid = {1448967}, author = {Taylor, Monique,}, title = {China's digital authoritarianism : a governance perspective /}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,}, address = {Cham, Switzerland :}, pages = {1 online resource (186 pages) :}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This book provides a governance perspective on Chinas digital authoritarianism by examining the political and institutional dynamics of the countrys internet sector in a historical context. Using leading theories of authoritarian institutions, it discusses Chinas approach to the internet and methods of implementation in terms of party-state institutions and policy processes. This provides a much-needed inside out perspective on digital authoritarianism that avoids the perception of China as some coherent and static monolith. The study also offers a powerful rationale for Chinas cyber sovereignty as an externalisation of its domestic internet governance framework and broader political-economic context. As China shifts from rule-taker to rule-maker in world politics, the Chinese Dream (zhongguo meng) is now going global. Beijings digital authoritarian toolkit is being promoted and exported to other authoritarian regimes, making China a major driver of digital repression at the global level. Monique Taylor is University Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1448967}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11252-2}, }