Political Technology
The Globalisation of Political Manipulation
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- Author: Andrew Wilson, University College London
- Date Published: December 2023
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- isbn: 9781009355285
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'Political technology' is a Russian term for the professional engineering of politics. It has turned Russian politics into theatre and propaganda, and metastasised to take over foreign policy and weaponise history. The war against Ukraine is one outcome. In the West, spin doctors and political consultants do more than influence media or run campaigns: they have also helped build parallel universes of alternative political reality. Hungary has used political technology to dismantle democracy. The BJP in India has used it to consolidate unprecedented power. Different countries learn from each other. Some types of political technology have become notorious, like troll farms or data mining; but there is now a global wholesale industry selling a range of manipulation techniques, from astroturfing to fake parties to propaganda apps. This book shows that 'political technology' is about much more than online disinformation: it is about whole new industries of political engineering.
Read more- Connects the same types of political manipulation across different countries
- De-orientalises the study of political manipulation by demonstrating election fixing and information control are also big problems in the West
- Shows how a variety of techniques are combined by professionals in order to add power to manipulate politics
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- Date Published: December 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009355285
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 27 mm
- weight: 0.913kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Russia: the home of political technology
2. America: all that is solid melts into money
3. Trump and after
4. Globalisation: political technologists abroad
5. Hungary: everything in the pot
6. Ukraine: A surprisingly comfortable home for the black arts
7. The post-Soviet playground
8. China and India
9. Does political technology work
Conclusions.
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