Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy

by Marc F. Plattner and Larry Diamond

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The revolutions sweeping the Middle East provide dramatic evidence of the role that technology plays in mobilizing citizen protest and upending seemingly invulnerable authoritarian regimes. A grainy cell phone video of a Tunisian street vendor's self-immolation helped spark the massive protests that toppled longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egypt's "Facebook revolution" forced the ruling regime out of power and into exile.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1421405687

ISBN13:9781421405681

Release Date:July 2012

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Age Range:18 to 22 years

Grade Range:Postsecondary

Related Subjects

Comparative Politics Engineering Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Technology

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