Information technologies and global politics : the changing scope of power and governance / edited by James N. Rosenau and J.P. Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenau, James N.

Singh, J. P., 1961-

Series:

SUNY series in global politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Information technology--Political aspects.

Information technology.

Information society--Political aspects.

Information society.

State, The.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 312 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction: information technologies and the changing scope of global power and governance / J.P. Singh

Global networks and their impact / Jonathan Aronson

Public eyes: satellite imagery, the globalization of transparency, and new networks of surveillance / Karen T. Litfin

Informational meta-technologies, international relations, and genetic power: the case of biotechnologies / Sandra Braman

Circuits of power: security in the internet environment / Ronald J. Deibert

The global political economy of Wintelism: a new mode of power and governance in the global computer industry / Sangbae Kim and Jeffrey A. Hart

New technologies and consumption: contradictions in the emerging world order / Edward Comor

Capitalism, technology, and liberalization: the international telecommunications regime, 1865-1998 / Mark W. Zacher

Understanding shifts in the form and scope of telecommunications governance: Canada and the United States in the twentieth century / Stephen D. McDowell

Negotiating regime change: the weak, the strong, and the WTO Telecom Accord / J.P. Singh

Information technologies and the skills, networks, and structures that sustain world affairs / James N. Rosenau.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791452034

0791452042

OCLC:

47803500