Michele Rioux

Global Governance Facing Structural Changes: New Institutional Trajectories for Digital and Transnational Capitalism - Information Technology and Global Governance Michele Rioux 1st ed. 2015 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Contemporary global governance is a field of competing institutional schemes and system of rules. We are at the juncture between old and new, not knowing how to read facts or how to explain processes-in-the-making. Yet, it is more important than ever to analyze new institutional trajectories and the emergence of new institutions to understand their interaction and how they can help renew collective action in a brand new world of global digital capitalism. International political economy and International relations theories have struggled to explain institutional changes as it concentrated on explaining international cooperation and order. This book contrasts international regimes and global governance and present a historically based explanation of the shift from one to the other, while addressing significant case studies looking at telecommunications and the Internet, labor and culture as well as the new schemes addressing trade dispute resolution. In addition, it analyzes the interaction between remaining forms of international regimes and new institutional frameworks, with a particular look at the impact of new technologies on these emerging forms of governance. --; Provided by publisher.; Contemporary governance is a contested field of competing institutional schemes and system of rules. This book analyzes new institutional trajectories, the renewal of old institutions or the emergence of new ones, to understand their interaction and how they can help renew collective action in a new world of global digital capitalism--; Provided by publisher. Brief Description: "Contemporary global governance is a field of competing institutional schemes and system of rules. We are at the juncture between old and new, not knowing how to read facts or how to explain processes-in-the-making. Yet, it is more important than ever to analyze new institutional trajectories and the emergence of new institutions to understand their interaction and how they can help renew collective action in a brand new world of global digital capitalism. International political economy and International relations theories have struggled to explain institutional changes as it concentrated on explaining international cooperation and order. This book contrasts international regimes and global governance and present a historically based explanation of the shift from one to the other, while addressing significant case studies looking at telecommunications and the Internet, labor and culture as well as the new schemes addressing trade dispute resolution. In addition, it analyzes the interaction between remaining forms of international regimes and new institutional frameworks, with a particular look at the impact of new technologies on these emerging forms of governance. "--Biographical Note: Michele Rioux is Professor of Political Science at Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Integration and Globalization (CEIM), Canada. She specializes in International Political Economy and her areas of research include international organizations, transnational firms, information society, and the telecommunications sector. Kim Fontaine-Skronski is aPhdcandidate at Universite Laval andAssistant Director of the Institute of International Studes of Montreal (IEIM), Canada. Her research focuses on institutional design and trade negotiations at the Word Trade Organization. She is currently working on the trade-culture nexus in the digital age. "Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Old And New World Organizational Architectures In A Creative Destruction Process; Michele Rioux And Kim Fontaine-Skronski2. Internet Governance Institutionalization: Process And Trajectories; Nanette S. Levinson And Meryem Marzouki3. The Relationship Between Internet Organizations And Igos: Beyond Turf Wars In Internet Governance; Roxana Radu And Jean-Marie Chenou4. Conceptualising Institutional Changes In A World Of Great Transformations - From The Old Telecommunications Regime To The New Global Internet Governance; Michele Rioux And Kim Fontaine-Skronski5. The World Trade Organization And Preferential Trade Agreements: The Case Of Cultural Goods And Services; Gilbert Gagne6. Copyright And Intellectual Property As By-Products Of A New Power Relationships Between Cultural Stakeholders; France Aubin7. Humanizing Trade: A North American Perspective In The Making; Michele Rioux And Christian Deblock8. EU And NAFTA International Agreement Dispute Settlement Mechanisms; Joel Lebullenger9. Synthesis And Conclusion10. Bibliography "Publisher Marketing: Contemporary global governance is a field of competing institutional schemes and systems of rules. We are at the juncture between old and new, not knowing how to interpret facts or how to explain processes-in-the-making. Yet, it is more important than ever to analyze new institutional trajectories and the emergence of new institutions to understand their interaction and how they can help renew collective action in a brand new world of global digital capitalism. International political economy and international relations theories have struggled to explain institutional changes as they concentrated on explaining international cooperation and order. This book provides a total picture of the interaction between remaining forms of international regimes and new institutional frameworks, with a particular look at the impact of new technologies on these emerging forms of governance.