Overview
- Illustrates the fundamental changes of the information society, and how they necessitate the involvement of civil society and other non-state actors in global governance practices
- Combines substantial qualitative and quantitative data into comparative case studies of international global governance conferences and policy procedures
- Argues for continued importance and resilience of international regime theory as a conceptual framework in the information society
Part of the book series: Information Technology and Global Governance (ITGG)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Global Information Society: Partners or Pawns?
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Global Regime Restructuring: Telecom, Internet Governance and the Information Society
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Transnational Advocacy Networks in the WSIS “Revolution” and Post-WSIS Institutions
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Snowden and Implications for Multistakeholder Global Governance of an Information Society
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Derrick L. Cogburn is Professor of International Communication and International Development in the School of International Service and Professor of Information Technology & Analytics in the Kogod School of Business at American University. He is founding Executive Director of the Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) and COTELCO: The Collaboration Laboratory, and is Co-Director of the Internet Governance Lab. He is past president of the Information Technology & Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and of the International Communication of the International Studies Association (ISA).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Information Society
Book Subtitle: Partners or Pawns?
Authors: Derrick L. Cogburn
Series Title: Information Technology and Global Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48361-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69687-1Published: 06 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48361-4Published: 11 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3297
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3300
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 337
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Communication, International Organization, Public Policy, Globalization, Communication Studies, Computers and Society