Democracies, Dictatorships, and Digital Technologies - The Transformations of Politics and Political Systems in the Twenty-First Century

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/163516
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-1635168
http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-104846
Dokumentart: PhDThesis
Date: 2025-04-01
Language: English
Faculty: 6 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Department: Politikwissenschaft
Advisor: Schlumberger, Oliver (Prof. Dr.)
Day of Oral Examination: 2024-07-01
DDC Classifikation: 320 - Political science
330 - Economics
Keywords: Demokratie , Demokratieforschung , Autokratie , Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft , Politische Wissenschaft , Politische Ökonomie , Technologie
Other Keywords:
Democracy
Autocracy
Political Economy
Authoritarian Regime
Digital Technology
Regime Change
Authoritarianism
Democratic Decay
Digitalization
Digitization
Neoliberalism
Globalization
Dictatorship
Transformation
Political Regime
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Abstract:

This publication-based dissertation examines the fundamental political changes induced by the rise of digital technologies across various dimensions. In four core chapters, comprising individual research articles—some of which have already been published—the dissertation explores: (I) the political-economic dynamics underlying digital technologies that facilitate and encourage certain illiberal and authoritarian practices; (II) the political-economic dynamics of privately developed spyware and the corresponding patterns of public acquisition; (III) the transformations of authoritarian rule itself; and (IV) the transformations of democratic information environments that ultimately foster democratic decay. The major findings highlight the detrimental effects of digital technologies on democratic liberties, primarily driven and perpetuated by the business logic underlying the production and dissemination of these innovations.

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