China: the Party, the Internet, and power as shared weakness

Navarria, Giovanni ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3697-8874 2016. China: the Party, the Internet, and power as shared weakness. Global Change, Peace and Security 29 (1) , pp. 1-20. 10.1080/14781158.2016.1225709

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Abstract

The spreading application of digital networks throughout China’s social, economic and political structures exposes the Communist Party to new weaknesses that are increasingly exploited by citizens and used by them to contest and restrain its power monopoly. The Party successfully counters these trends by employing alternative web tactics. To make sense of this dynamic, the paper proposes a new concept of power as shared weakness (ruò shì jūn zhān de lì liàng). The term refers to the inability of actors (from the most powerful to the least powerful) to exercise full control over the digitally networked environment in which they operate.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1478-1158
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 10:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145714

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