{"product_id":"the-digital-origins-of-dictatorship-philip-n-howard-9780199736416","title":"The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam","description":"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people are developing political identities online, and digital technologies are helping civil society build systems of political communication independent of the state and beyond easy manipulation by cultural or religious elites. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unique data on patterns of media ownership and technology use, \u003cem\u003eThe Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates how, since the mid-1990s, information technologies have had a role in political transformation. Democratic revolutions are not caused by new information technologies. But in the Muslim world, democratization is no longer possible without them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip N. Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199736413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199736416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2011","brand":"Philip N. Howard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47419026997503,"sku":"9780199736416","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd877578-13fb-4937-a2e3-8f5786a0fe33.jpg?v=1761508999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-digital-origins-of-dictatorship-philip-n-howard-9780199736416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}