Preface

Acronyms

Important Terms

Introduction: Information Technologies and the Changing Scope of Global Power and Governance

Global Networks and Their Impact

PART I: THE CHANGING SCOPE OF POWER

Public Eyes: Satellite Imagery, the Globalization of Transparency, and New Networks of Surveillance

Informational Meta-Technologies, International Relations, and Genetic Power: The Case of Biotechnologies

PART II: THE CHANGING SCOPE OF POWER AND GOVERNANCE

Circuits of Power: Security in the Internet Environment

The Global Political Economy of Wintelism: A New Mode of Power and Governance in the Global Computer Industry

New Technologies and Consumption: Contradictions in the Emerging World Order

PART III: GOVERNANCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Capitalism, Technology, and Liberalization: the International Telecommunications Regime, 1865-1998

Understanding Shifts in the Form and Scope of Telecommunications Governance: Canada and the United States in the Twentieth Century

Negotiating Regime Change: The Weak, the Strong, and the WTO Telecom Accord

CONCLUSION

Information Technologies and the Skills, Networks, and Structures that Sustain World Affairs

List of Contributors

Index