The Authoritarian Public Sphere
1.Introduction: Legitimation & Authoritarianism... 1
2. The Authoritarian Public Sphere: 'We Always Had Complaints But Only in Our Minds'... 25
3. Authoritarian Power & Legitimating Messages: A Framework for Analysis... 54
4. Manipulating the Public Sphere in North Korea, Burma/Myanmar, and China... 73
5. Unsettling an Authoritarian Public Sphere? Shadow Markets, Independent Journalism, and the Internet... 101
6. Beyond Post-Cold War Asia: Explorations in the Authoritarian Public Sphere... 126
7. Conclusion: The Authoritarian Public Sphere and Contemporary Autocracies... 141
References... 155
Index... 176
Figures
1.1 North Korea map with interviewees’ hometowns... 22
1.2 Burma/Myanmar map with interviewees’ hometowns... 22
Tables
1.1 Authoritarian spells in East Asia, 1945-2015... 11
1.2 Details of DPRK interview sample... 21
1.3 Details of Myanmar interview sample... 23
3.1 Legitimation elements... 61