I think a powerful surveillance apparatus will continue to be a major obstacle to the development of democratic forces, but it will not be the decisive factor.
Minxin Pei
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Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. His most recent book is The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:20
- What is a Surveillance State - 2:55
- Informants - 12:02
- History - 23:43
- Surveillance and Elites - 35:26
Key Links
The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China by Minxin Pei
"Why China Can’t Export Its Model of Surveillance" by Minxin Pei in Foreign Affairs
"Totalitarianism’s Long Shadow" by Minxin Pei in Journal of Democracy
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