IP: Internet, democracy, and conventional wisdom

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> CHINA, CUBA AND THE INTERNET  COUNTERREVOLUTION
> http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/wp21.asp
> A new Carnegie Endowment working paper finds that,  contrary to
> conventional wisdom, the Internet does not necessarily spell the  demise of
> authoritarian rule. Examining the cases of China and Cuba,  Carnegie's
> Shanthi Kalathil and Taylor C. Boas show that  authoritarian regimes can
> actually maintain control over the Internet's  political impact and benefit
> from the technology.



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