Bearing the Burden: A Model of Presidential Responsibility in Foreign Policy
In: International Studies Quarterly, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 267
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In: International Studies Quarterly, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 267
In: International studies quarterly: the journal of the International Studies Association, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 267-296
ISSN: 0020-8833, 1079-1760
World Affairs Online
In: Information revolution and global politics
Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets evolve depends on politics and policy, and since the 1950s periodic overhauls of ICT policy have transformed competition and innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a revolution in communication policy (the introduction of sweeping competition) also transformed the information market. Today, the diffusion of Internet, wireless, and broadband technology, growing modularity in the design of technologies, distributed computing infrastructures, and rapidly changing business models signal another shift. This pathbreaking examination of ICT from a political economy perspective argues that continued rapid innovation and economic growth require new approaches in global governance that will reconcile diverse interests and enable competition to flourish. The authors (two of whom were architects of international ICT policy reforms in the 1990s) discuss this crucial turning point in both theoretical and practical terms.
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In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 95-126
In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 65-94
In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 149-174
In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 207-232
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In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 175-206
In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 43-64
In: Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets, S. 19-42
In: Review of policy research, Band 26, Heft 1-2, S. 105-125
ISSN: 1541-1338
AbstractHow did political economy help shape the revolution in telecommunications and computer networking? We offer three arguments concerning the impact of political economy and policy on the architecture of the U.S. information and communication technology infrastructure. First, it tilted toward an architectural principle of "modularity" that influenced the paths of both the telecom equipment, computer equipment and software, and computer networking markets. Second, it created multiple network infrastructures for telecommunications when other countries either tried to retain a monopoly infrastructure or limit the number of competitors. Third, it propelled a particular architecture for computing (intelligence at the edge of the network) and the full realization of the potential benefits of the Internet. The particular policy mix for competition matters, and this policy mix reflects fundamentals of political economy.