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The Innovation Dilemma and the Consolidation of Autocratic Regimes

Christian Goebel

出版	SSRN, 2013
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_uwizwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Despite the obvious, (though as of yet unclear), relationship between economic growth and the persistence of autocratic regimes, only few studies examine how technological innovation affects autocracies - and vice versa. Linking the scholarship on authoritarian consolidation with insights from the National Innovation Systems - and Science and Technology Studies literature; this article argues that innovation policies in autocracies initiate social, economic, and political changes that force a regime to constantly improve its institutional structures and enhance its channels into society. This consolidation of authoritarian rule, in turn, benefits further innovation. As a comparison of China and Myanmar will illustrate, this strategy can enhance a regime's legitimacy, but is a difficult and risky process. As a result, many regimes instead choose to uphold their rule by relying on repression.