Digital International Relations

Technology, Agency and Order
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-57131-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology

This book analyses how digital transformation disrupts established patterns of world politics, moving International Relations (IR) increasingly towards Digital International Relations.

This volume examines technological, agential and ordering processes that explain this fundamental change. The contributors trace how digital disruption changes the international world we live in, ranging from security to economics, from human rights advocacy to deep fakes, and from diplomacy to international law. The book makes two sets of contributions. First, it shows that the ongoing digital revolution profoundly changes every major dimension of international politics. Second, focusing on the interplay of technology, agency and order, it provides a framework for explaining these changes. The book also provides a map for adjusting the study of international politics to studying International Relations, making a case for upgrading, augmenting and rewiring the discipline. Theory follows practice in International Relations, but if the discipline wants to be able to meaningfully analyse the present and come up with plausible scenarios for the future, it must not lag too far behind major transformations of the world that it studies. This book facilitates that theoretical journey.

This book will be of much interest to students of cyber-politics, politics and technology, and International Relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bjola, Corneliu

Kornprobst, Markus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introducing Digital International Relations: Technology, Agency and Order  Part I: Revisiting Core Concepts  1. The Distribution of Power, Security, and Interconnectedness: The Structure of Digital International Relations  2. The State in the Digital Era: Supreme or in Decline?  3. Rise of the Nerd: Knowledge, Power and International Relations in a Digital World  Part II: Agential Processes  4. Can you Trust in Zoom? Bonds and Trust in Digital Spaces  5. Metrodiplomacy: The Rise of Digital Urban Networks  6. Sticking to the State? Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Digital Era  Part III: Ordering Processes  7. Algorithmic Security and Conflict in a Datafied World  8. The International Political Economy of the Digital (Revolution)  9. The Social Media Revolution, the Potential for Radical Democratization and Shifts in the Climate Change Discourse  10. Digital Diplomacy, Governance and International Law  Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Corneliu Bjola is Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Oxford, UK.

Markus Kornprobst is a Professor of International Relations at the Vienna School of International Studies, Austria.