To Repress or to Co-opt? Authoritarian Control in the Age of Digital Surveillance
Xu Xu — To Repress or to Co-opt? Authoritarian Control in the Age of Digital Surveillance (2021)Xu Xu · 2021 · Article · abstract (county-level difference-in-differences)TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1094 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: China since 2012: recentralisation under Xi Jinping · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“The introduction of digital surveillance in Chinese counties increased public-security spending and arrests of political activists while reducing public goods provision.”
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