The Governance of Cyberspace - Politics, Technology and Global Restructuring (Hardcover)

That information and communications technologies (ICTs), such as the Internet, are challenging the very fabric of our political systems can no longer be doubted. Yet the nature of such technologically driven changes and their desirability is hotly contested. This text critically focuses upon the alleged transformations in power relationships between individuals, government and social institutions as they are emerging in what is becoming known as cyberspace: a computer generated public domain which has no territorial boundaries, is controlled by no single authority, enables millions of people to communicate around the world and maybe encourages post-hierarchical control of populations. The ability of computer networks to transcend modern conceptions of time and space has considerable consequences for governance based upon the nation-state. Thus traditional forms of government are said to be weakened by an increasing link to control over global communications in Cyberspace. Hence issues of surveillance, control and privacy in relation to the Internet are coming to the fore as a result of state concern with security, crime and economic advantage. This text explores the issues of surve

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Brian D. Loader
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-14723-1
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-415-14723-9
Barcode:	9780415147231

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