Virtual states : the Internet and the boundaries of the nation-state /

This text analyses the role of the state in a globalising, wired society. The author argues that while information technology poses fundamental challenges to the state, this will mean not the decline but rather the mutation of the state.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Everard, Jerry, 1956-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2000.
Collection:Technology and the global political economy.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=713029
Table des matières:
  • pt. 1. Virtual states : theory and practice. W(h)ither the state?
  • Internet@www.history.edu
  • pt. 2. The developing world. Hungry, thirsty and wired
  • Sovereignty, boundary making and the net
  • Culture and the other on the internet
  • pt. 3. The developed world. Process : the key to the cyborg
  • Economy@internet.com
  • The @ of war
  • pt. 4. Internet and society. Virtually real/really virtual
  • Internet censorship : US, Europe and Australia
  • Alt.cyberspace.binaries.philosophy.