Inside the Panopticon: Coup Prevention and Military Capabilities in Surveillance States

• In Event: The Consequences and Complications of Digital Technology for Political Life

Brief Overview

Technology allows more intrusion into the daily lives of ordinary people; authoritarians have seized this opportunity to become more secure. This enables a reduction in the cost of repression and a shift in resources to military development.

Author

• Meghan Cumpston, University of Notre Dame