Jerry Everard is in the Department of English and Theatre Studies at the Australian National University. This book was written while on secondment from the Department of Defence in Canberra and does not necessarily reflect official Australian government views.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Virtual States challenge the idea that the nation state is dead. In all the hype about the Internet, little thought has been given to the systematic inequalities being brought about by globalisation, and exacerbated by the global spread of the Internet. Jerry Everard argues that new disparities are emerging between the information 'haves' ad the information 'have-nots': between wealthy and poor states; and between the wealthy and poor in wealthy states. Virtual States systematically addresses these inequalities.
PART I Virtual states: theory and practice 1 W(h)ither the state? 2 internet@www.history.edu PART II The developing world 3 Hungry, thirsty and wired 4 Sovereignty, boundary making and the Net 5 Culture and the Other on the Internet PART III The developed world 6 Process: the key to the Cyborg 7 economy@internet.com 8 The @ of war PART IV Internet and society 9 Virtually real/really virtual 10 Internet censorship: US, Europe and Australia 11 alt.cyberspace.binaries.philosophy
Analyses the role of the state in a globalising wired society, controversially arguing that a wired society will not mean the end of the nation state as we know it. Addresses issues of real contemporary concern such as Internet censorship.
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Jerry Everard is in the Department of English and Theatre Studies at the Australian National University. This book was written while on secondment from the Department of Defence in Canberra and does not necessarily reflect official Australian government views.
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"Virtual States" explores the role of the state in a rapidly globalizing, wired society. It presents a theoretical and historical introduction to the internet, its place in both the developed and the developing world, and its impact on society.
Although the internet brings out new disparities--between the information rich and the information poor--it also has the potential to break down the boundaries of national identity. Jerry Everard argues that while information technology poses fundamental challenges to the inclusionary/exclusionary processes of state-making, this will not mean the decline but rather the mutation of the state. Everard goes on to look at the different ways in which states react to the wired society, covering issues such as war, censorship and the reactions of those excluded from this society.
