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.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Everard, Jerry, 1956-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2000.
coleção:Technology and the global political economy.
Acesso em linha:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=713029
Sumário:
  • 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.