How do the Internet and social media affect political outcomes? We review empirical
evidence from the recent political economy literature, focusing primarily on work that …

Repression research examines the causes and consequences of actions or policies that are
meant to, or actually do, raise the costs of activism, protest, and/or social movement activity …

The past 25 years have seen an exponential growth in the number of China studies in the
leading accounting journals. The rise in China-related research mirrors the country's …

This accessible volume shines a light on how autocracy really works by providing basic facts
about how post-World War II dictatorships achieve, retain, and lose power. The authors …

What does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world's most durable
authoritarian governance systems pursues “ecological civilization”? Despite its staggering …

As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for
controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be …

Political leaders use different tactics to ensure widespread compliance with state policies
and to minimize resistance. Scholarship tends to treat different tactics individually …

In recent decades, dictatorships based on mass repression have largely given way to a new
model based on the manipulation of information. Instead of terrorizing citizens into …

This article studies the consequences of digital surveillance in dictatorships. I first develop
an informational theory of repression and co‐optation. I argue that digital surveillance …

In this paper, we document basic facts regarding public debates about controversial political
issues on Chinese social media. Our documentation is based on a dataset of 13.2 billion …