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
2 - A Theory of Participatory Technologies
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
Chapter 2 builds a comprehensive framework explaining how nondemocracies use participatory technologies to shore up their regimes. The chapter argues that participatory technologies act as a means of information gathering and dissemination and mitigate principal–agent problems. Moreover, the chapter details how participatory technologies can strengthen legitimacy – and who is most likely to buy into them.
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- Dialogue with the DictatorAuthoritarian Legitimation and Information Management in Putin's Russia, pp. 23 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024