A master institution of world society? Digital communications networks and the changing dynamics of transnational contention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4444633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tobias Lemke (0000-0001-5640-5793, University of Delaware, corresponding author), Michael W Habegger (0000-0003-2807-1575, University of Delaware) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-320 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0047117817747666 |
| OpenAlex | W2780522875 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In English School theory, the putative change from an international society of states to a world society of individuals is usually associated with the diffusion of a benign form of cosmopolitanism and the normative agenda of solidarism. Consequently, the notion that world society might enable alternative expressions of transnational politics, independent from international society, remains underdeveloped. Drawing on the literature of contentious politics and social movements, this article challenges orthodox accounts and suggests that the global proliferation of digitally mediated linkages between individuals and nonstate actors constitutes a fundamental challenge to traditional dynamics of interstate communication in the form of the diplomatic system. This provides an opportunity to reconceptualize world society as an alternative site of politics distinct from mainstream international society and generative of its own logic of communication, mobilization, and action. The 2011 events in Egypt and the ongoing digital presence of the so-called Islamic State are used to demonstrate how massive increases in global interaction capacity are transforming the pathways for political contention and collective mobilization worldwide
Civil society · Collective action · Cosmopolitanism · Global citizenship · Institution · International relations · Islam · Mainstream · Network society · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law · Social Media and Politics
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |