The Resurgence of the State: Trends and Processes in Cyberspace Governance - Hardcover

Krishna-Hensel, Sai Felicia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754649474 ISBN 13: 9780754649472

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

The transnational architecture of global information networks has made territorial borders less significant. Boundaries between spaces are becoming blurred in the evolving information age. But do information and communication technologies networks really lead to a weakening of the nation-state? This volume revisits the 'retreat of the state' thesis and tests its validity in the 21st century. It considers cyberspace as a matter of collective and policy choice, prone to usurpation by governance structures. Governments around the world are already reacting to the information revolution and trying to re-establish their leading role in creating governance regimes for the Information Age. The volume comes at a historical moment when new political dynamics are detected and new conceptual models are sought to categorize the attempts to deal with global/transnational issues. It will intrigue the reader with expert-level analysis of the role of the state in the emerging global/supranational governance structures by providing historical context and conceptualizing trends and social dynamics.

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Review:

'...shows that states still play a powerful regulatory role in the global age of "cyberspace", amid the complexity of multi-level governance. It puts information technologies in context as only one among many factors shaping rules and regimes in several policy areas, and contributes a well-informed point of view to current debates about globalization in international relations, technology studies, and governance theory.' Charles D. Raab, University of Edinburgh, UK

Synopsis:

The transnational architecture of global information networks has made territorial borders less significant. Boundaries between spaces are becoming blurred in the evolving information age. New and diverse actors have entered the stage, decentralized soft power structures have gained in importance, and the state's monopoly on authority has become fragmented. But do information and communication technologies networks really lead to a weakening of the nation-state? The common inclination of this volume is to revisit the "retreat of the state" thesis and test its validity in the 21st century's structures and practices of governance. It contends that cyberspace is a matter of collective and policy choice. Consequently, cyberspace becomes prone to usurpation by governance structures; governments all around the world are already reacting to the information revolution and trying to re-establish their leading role in creating the governance regimes for the Information Age. This volume comes at a historical moment when new political dynamics are detected and new conceptual models are sought to categorize the attempts to deal with global/transnational issues.

The book will intrigue the reader with the expert-level analysis of the role of the state in the emerging global/supranational governance structures and processes by providing the proper historical context and conceptualizing trends and social dynamics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0754649474
• ISBN 13: 9780754649472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174
• Editor: Dunn Myriam