Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Information Society Partners or Pawns?
Authors: Derrick L. Cogburn
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
This book examines the role of transnational advocacy networks in enabling effective participation for individual citizens in the deliberative processes of global governance. Contextualized around the international conference setting of the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2003 and 2005, the book sees epistemic communities and information and communication technologies (ICTs) as critical to the effectiveness of this important organizational form. Historically, governments have dominated the official “conference diplomacy” surrounding these World Summits. However, reflecting the UN General Assembly resolution authorizing WSIS, transnational civil society and private sector organizations were invited to participate as official partners in a multistakeholder dialogue at the summit alongside the more traditional governments and international organizations. This book asks: are transnational advocacy networks active in the global information society influential partners in these global governance processes, or merely symbolic tokens—or pawns? Cogburn explores the factors that enabled some networks—such as the Internet Governance Caucus—to persist and thrive, while others failed, and sees linkages with epistemic communities—such as the Global Internet Governance Academic Network—and ICTs as critical to network effectiveness.
Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Information Society_Partners or Pawns.zip
如果你喜欢我分享的书籍，请关注我：
订阅我的文库：
扫码加好友，拉您进群
全部版块
我的主页
收藏
