Networked Politics : : Agency, Power, and Governance / / ed. by Miles Kahler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Cowhey, Peter,; Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Mette,; Elkins, Zachary,; Gross Stein, Janice,; Hafner-Burton, Emilie M.,; Kahler, Miles,; Kenney, Michael,; Lake, David A.,; Montgomery, Alexander H.,; Mueller, Milton,; Sikkink, Kathryn,; Wong, Wendy H.,; Yanacopulos, Helen,
• HerausgeberIn: Kahler, Miles,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2010]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 3 line drawings, 5 tables, 5 charts/graphs

The concept of network has emerged as an intellectual centerpiece for our era. Network analysis also occupies a growing place in many of the social sciences. In international relations, however, network has too often remained a metaphor rather than a powerful theoretical perspective. In Networked Politics, a team of political scientists investigates networks in important sectors of international relations, including human rights, security agreements, terrorist and criminal groups, international inequality, and governance of the Internet. They treat networks as either structures that shape behavior or important collective actors. In their hands, familiar concepts, such as structure, power, and governance, are awarded new meaning.Contributors: Peter Cowhey, University of California, San Diego; Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, University of Cambridge and Sidney Sussex College;Zachary Elkins, University of Texas at Austin; Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Princeton University; Miles Kahler, University of California, San Diego; Michael Kenney, Pennsylvania State University; David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego; Alexander H. Montgomery, Reed College; Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School of Information Studies and Delft University of Technology; Kathryn Sikkink, University of Minnesota; Janice Gross Stein, University of Toronto; Wendy H. Wong, University of Toronto; Helen Yanacopulos, Open University

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance -- Part I. Networks as Structure: International and Domestic Consequences -- 2. Globalization and the Social Power Politics of International Economic Networks -- 3. Constitutional Networks -- Part II. Networks and Collective Action -- 4. Cutting the Diamond: Networking Economic Justice -- 5. Turning to the "Dark Side": Coordination, Exchange, and Learning in Criminal Networks -- 6. Collective Action and Clandestine Networks: The Case of al Qaeda -- Part III. Power and Accountability in Networks -- 7. The Politics of Networks: Interests, Power, and Human Rights Norms -- 8. The Politics and Power of Networks: The Accountability of Humanitarian Organizations -- Part IV. Networks and International Governance -- 9. Delegation, Networks, and Internet Governance -- 10. Varieties of Cooperation: Government Networks in International Security -- 11. The Power of Networks in International Politics -- References -- Index