| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
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Rethinking Globalizations |
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Rethinking globalizations.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Global Governance and NGO Participation; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the ambiguity of NGO participation in global governance; NGOs as bearers of hope in global governance; Downsides of participation; Focus on constraints; Focus on structures; The WSIS and beyond: illuminating limits of NGO influence; Outline of The book; 2. Power and influence in global governance; Power in Current NGO research; Structural power and NGO influence; Influence of NGOs; 3. A structurationist framework of analysis; What agency? What structures? |
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Causality in structurationThe analytical nexus between power and influence; 4. The information society: issues and practices; Introducing the information society as a global policy issue; The World Summit on the Information Society context; 5. Global ICT governance at the WSIS: NGO influence; Communication rights; Intellectual property rights; Internet governance; Financing; Limits of NGO influence; 6. Structural power mechanisms at the WSIS; Agenda-setting reversed: how central NGO claims were disregarded; The downsides of informal participation: decreasing influence |
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Inclusion to the point of exclusion: partial influenceStructural power processes shaping NGO influence; Conclusions; The ambiguous relation between participation and influence; Communicative capabilities in a structural context; Opening the black box 'NGOs'; Policy implications of the ambiguity of participation for global ICT governance; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book assesses the structural power mechanisms that shape global ICT governance and analyses the impact of NGOs on communication rights, intellectual property rights, financing, and Internet governance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Non-governmental organizations -- Political activity
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Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
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LAW -- International.
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Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes
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Non-governmental organizations -- Political activity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135136468 |
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1135136467 |
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9780203078181 |
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0203078187 |
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