Networked Politics

by Kahler, Miles

• ISBN13: 9780801474767
• ISBN10: 0801474760
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780801457647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
• More Book Details

Summary

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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Miles Kahler is Rohr Professor of Pacific International Relations and Professor of Political Science at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Leadership Selection and the Major Multilaterals and International Institutions and the Political Economy of Integration and coeditor of Governance in a Global Economy.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance	p. 1
Networks as Structure: International and Domestic Consequences
Globalization and the Social Power Politics of International Economic Networks	p. 23
Constitutional Networks	p. 43
Networks and Collective Action
Cutting the Diamond: Networking Economic Justice	p. 67
Turning to the "Dark Side": Coordination, Exchange, and Learning in Criminal Networks	p. 79
Collective Action and Clandestine Networks: The Case of al Qaeda	p. 103
Power and Accountability in Networks
The Politics of Networks: Interests, Power, and Human Rights Norms	p. 127
The Politics and Power of Networks: The Accountability of Humanitarian Organizations	p. 151
Networks and International Governance
Delegation, Networks, and Internet Governance	p. 173
Varieties of Cooperation: Government Networks in International Security	p. 194
The Power of Networks in International Politics	p. 228
References	p. 249
Index	p. 267
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Excerpts

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.