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Examines how information technologies may be shifting power and authority away from the state.

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Author:   James N. Rosenau ,  J. P. Singh
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9780791452035

ISBN 10:   0791452034
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   10 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acronyms Important Terms I. Introduction: Information Technologies and the Changing Scope of Global Powers and Governance J. P. Singh 2. Global Networks and Their Impacts Jonathan Aronson Part I: The Changing Scope of Power 3. Public Eyes: Satellite Imagery, The Globalization of Transparency, and New Networks of Surveillance Karen Litfin 4. Informational Meta-Technologies in International Relations, and Genetic Power: The Case of Bio-Technologies Sandra Braman Part II: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance 5. Circuits of Power: Security in the Internet Environment Ronald J. Deibert 6. The Global Political Economy of Wintelism: A New Mode of Power and Governance in the Global Computer Industry Sangbae Kim and Jeffrey A. Hart 7. New Technologies and Consumption: Contradictions in the Emerging World Center Edward Comor Part III: Governance in Telecommunications 8. Capitalism, Technology, and Liberalization: The International Telecommunications Regime, 1865--1998 Mark W. Zacher 9. Understanding Shifts in the Form and Scope of Telecommunications Governance: Canada and the United States in the 20th Century Stephen D. McDowell 10. Negotiating Regime Change: The Weak, the Strong, and the WTO Telecom Accord J. P. Singh Conclusion 11. Information Technologies and the Skills, Networks, and Structures that Sustain World Affairs James N. Rosenau List of Contributors Index

Reviews

This is the most authoritative academic volume now available on the speculative interface between information technologies and global politics. It provides teachers with a valuable tool to stimulate students without imposing a dogmatic view of this emergent subject matter. - Richard A. Falk, author of Human Rights Horizons: The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World The book makes an important contribution to understanding the broader implications of the developments in information technologies for global politics and global governance. - Phil Williams, Matthew B. Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Author Information

James N. Rosenau is University Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University, and the author of many books, including Along the Domestic-Foreign Frontier: Exploring Governance in a Turbulent World, Turbulence in World Politics, and (with Mary Durfee) Thinking Theory Thoroughly: Coherent Approaches to an Incoherent World. J. P. Singh is Assistant Professor of Communication, Culture, and Technology at Georgetown University, and the author of Leapfrogging Development?: The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring, also published by SUNY Press.

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