Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age

Author:   Taylor Owen (Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs, Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199363865


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   28 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Taylor Owen (Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs, Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9780199363865


ISBN 10:   0199363862
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   28 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Losing Control 2. Disruptive Power 3. Spaces of Dissent 4. New Money 5. Being There 6. Saving the Saviors 7. Diplomacy Unbound 8. The Violence of Algorithms 9. The Crisis of the State

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The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century. -Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations. -Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse. -Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations


The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century. Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations. -Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations


Author Information

Taylor Owen is Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Fellow at the Columbia Journalism School. He was previously the Research Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University where he designed and led a program studying the impact of digital technology on the practice of journalism. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of opencanada.org, an award-winning international affairs website, the Director of the International Relations and Digital Technology Projects, an international research project exploring the intersection of information technology and international affairs, and is the Research Director of the Munk Debates. He has previously held positions at Yale University, the London School of Economics and the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. His PhD is from the University of Oxford, where he was a Trudeau Scholar.

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