Acknowledgements
Part I: Overview
1 Introduction
2 Demystifying Authoritarianism
Part II: Existing Accounts of Citizen Liabilities
3 Direct Distribution Accounts
4 Indirect Distribution Accounts
Part III: Authorisation and Authoritarian States
5 The Case for Authorisation
6 The Comprehensive Authorisation Model (1): Objective Authorisation
7 The Comprehensive Authorisation Model (2): Subjective Authorisation
Part IV: The Way Forward
8 Praxis
9 What About Us?
Index
Biography
Brian Wong Yue Shun is an HKU-100 Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong.
'An elegantly presented, theoretically rich treatment of a very concrete problem: in what ways can citizens in authoritarian states of various degrees of severity be responsible or culpable for the actions of their country. Dr Wong poses complex questions about how even in a state which is illiberal, non-pluralistic and undemocratic, the notion of a passive population dictated to by an omnipotent government is untenable. A study that opens up many new areas of research and understanding.'
Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London.
'A major intervention in debates on moral responsibility beyond democracies. Wong’s authorisation model is sweeping, clear, and unafraid of its implications—recasting what citizens owe when authoritarian states do wrong.'
Alexandre Lefebvre, Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Sydney
