Disruptive power : the crisis of the state in the digital age / Taylor Owen.
Series: Oxford studies in digital politics: Publisher: New York. NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource (x, 248 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199363896 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Technology and international relations
| Internet and international relationsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199363865DDC classification: 327 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Digital communication technologies have thrust the calculus of global political power into a period of unprecedented complexity. In every aspect of international affairs, digitally enabled actors are changing the way the world works, and disrupting the institutions that once held a monopoly on power. In this book, Taylor Owen provides a look at the way that digital technologies are shaking up the workings of the institutions that have traditionally controlled international affairs: humanitarianism, diplomacy, war, journalism, activism, and finance.
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Previously issued in print: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Digital communication technologies have thrust the calculus of global political power into a period of unprecedented complexity. In every aspect of international affairs, digitally enabled actors are changing the way the world works, and disrupting the institutions that once held a monopoly on power. In this book, Taylor Owen provides a look at the way that digital technologies are shaking up the workings of the institutions that have traditionally controlled international affairs: humanitarianism, diplomacy, war, journalism, activism, and finance.
Specialized.
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