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Helping a f(r)iend in need?:Rethinking the role of linkages in authoritarian covert repression
Title / Series / Name
Central Asian Survey
Publication Volume
44
Publication Issue
1
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Keywords
autocratic linkages
covert repression
digitalization
informational autocracy
Kazakhstan
Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Earth-Surface Processes
covert repression
digitalization
informational autocracy
Kazakhstan
Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Earth-Surface Processes
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27195
Abstract
Covert repression techniques, such as the use of digital technologies in surveillance, censorship and disinformation, have become a pervasive tool of autocracies worldwide. This research note discusses one of the possible explanatory factors fostering covert repression: autocratic linkages. Building on policy-learning, autocratic regional integration and linkages literature, this research note asks the following question: How can strong linkages with each other help autocracies achieve high levels of covert repression? By using Kazakhstan as a typical case of an informational autocracy, three possible causal channels through which autocratic linkages could impact covert repression are proposed: policy-learning, preferential trade in repression tech and preferential provision of expertise. In doing so, the note aims to encourage more comparative and process-tracing-based research on the role of autocratic linkages in authoritarian repression.
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Journal article
Date
2024-11-06
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10.1080/02634937.2024.2409284