LEADER 04274oam 2200637I 450 001 9910162817303321 005 20240505190916.0 010 $a1-315-45553-6 010 $a1-315-45552-8 010 $a1-315-45551-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315455532 035 $a(CKB)3710000001033147 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790157 035 $a(OCoLC)970042061 035 $a(BIP)56671288 035 $a(BIP)56671273 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001033147 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe authoritarian public sphere $elegitimation and autocratic power in North Korea, Burma, and China /$fAlexander Dukalskis 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (188 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 0 $aRoutledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics 311 08$a1-138-21035-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction : legitimation and authoritarianism -- 2. The authoritarian public sphere : 'we always had complaints but only in our minds' -- 3. Authoritarian power and legitimating messages : a framework for analysis -- 4. Manipulating the public sphere in North Korea, Burma/Myanmar, and China -- 5. Unsettling an authoritarian public sphere? Shadow markets, independent journalism, and the Internet -- 6. Beyond post-Cold War Asia : explorations in the authoritarian public sphere -- 7. Conclusion : the authoritarian public sphere and contemporary autocracies. 330 $aAuthoritarian regimes craft and disseminate reasons, stories, and explanations for why they are entitled to rule. To shield those legitimating messages from criticism, authoritarian regimes also censor information that they find threatening. While committed opponents of the regime may be violently repressed, this book is about how the authoritarian state keeps the majority of its people quiescent by manipulating the ways in which they talk and think about political processes, the authorities, and political alternatives. Using North Korea, Burma (Myanmar) and China as case studies, this book explains how the authoritarian public sphere shapes political discourse in each context. It also examines three domains of potential subversion of legitimating messages: the shadow markets of North Korea, networks of independent journalists in Burma, and the online sphere in China. In addition to making a theoretical contribution to the study of authoritarianism, the book draws upon unique empirical data from fieldwork conducted in the region, including interviews with North Korean defectors in South Korea, Burmese exiles in Thailand, and Burmese in Myanmar who stayed in the country during the military government. When analyzed alongside state-produced media, speeches, and legislation, the material provides a rich understanding of how autocratic legitimation influences everyday discussions about politics in the authoritarian public sphere. Explaining how autocracies manipulate the ways in which their citizens talk and think about politics, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, comparative politics and authoritarian regimes. 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zKorea (North) 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zBurma 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zChina 606 $aPolitical participation$zKorea (North) 606 $aPolitical participation$zBurma 606 $aPolitical participation$zChina 607 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government$y2011- 607 $aBurma$xPolitics and government$y1988- 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y2002- 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a320.53095 700 $aDukalskis$b Alexander.$0866861 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162817303321 996 $aThe authoritarian public sphere$91935022 997 $aUNINA