Global Governance Facing Structural Changes: New Institutional Trajectories for Digital and Transnational Capitalism(Information Technology and Global Governance)

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.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Old And New World Organizational Architectures In A Creative Destruction Process; Michèle Rioux And Kim Fontaine-Skronski 2. Internet Governance Institutionalization: Process And Trajectories; Nanette S. Levinson And Meryem Marzouki 3. The Relationship Between Internet Organizations And Igos: Beyond Turf Wars In Internet Governance; Roxana Radu And Jean-Marie Chenou 4. Conceptualising Institutional Changes In A World Of Great Transformations - From The Old Telecommunications Regime To The New Global Internet Governance; Michèle Rioux And Kim Fontaine-Skronski 5. The World Trade Organization And Preferential Trade Agreements: The Case Of Cultural Goods And Services; Gilbert Gagné 6. Copyright And Intellectual Property As By-Products Of A New Power Relationships Between Cultural Stakeholders; France Aubin 7. Humanizing Trade: A North American Perspective In The Making; Michèle Rioux And Christian Deblock 8. EU And NAFTA International Agreement Dispute Settlement Mechanisms; Joël Lebullenger 9. Synthesis And Conclusion 10. Bibliography

About the Author :
Michèle Rioux is Professor of Political Science at Université du Québec à Montréal, 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 a PhD candidate at Université Laval and Assistant Director of the Institute of International Studies of Montreal (IEIM), Canada. Her research focuses on institutional design and trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization. She is currently working on the trade-culture nexus in the digital age.