Fragile Dictator - Counterintelligence Pathologies in Authoritarian States

This book examines digital mass surveillance in authoritarian regimes, highlighting the role of security services. It argues that globalization hasn't diminished dictatorships, and urges Western countries to adopt new strategies to counter digitally-enhanced authoritarianism, which poses a growing challenge to liberal democracies.

Sommario

Chapter 1: The Authoritarian Worldview
Chapter 2: New Wine in Old Bottles: Authoritarian Norms and Resistance Under the Secret Police
Chapter 3: Digital Authoritarianism and its Pathologies
Chapter 4: The Pathologies of Authoritarian Reach
Chapter 5: The Fragile Dictator: Counterintelligence Vulnerabilities of the Authoritarian Model

Info autore

Blake W. Mobley served at the Central Intelligence Agency as a counterintelligence officer and is the author of Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection (Columbia University Press, 2012).Carl A. Wege is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia

Riassunto

This book examines digital mass surveillance in authoritarian regimes, highlighting the role of security services. It argues that globalization hasn't diminished dictatorships, and urges Western countries to adopt new strategies to counter digitally-enhanced authoritarianism, which poses a growing challenge to liberal democracies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Blake W. Mobley, Blake W. Wege Mobley, Mobley Blake W., Carl A. Wege
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666938128
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-812-8
• Pagine: 156
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Politics & government, Politics and government, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services