Network Politics: Network Society and State Governance

Author: Liu Wenfu
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This book conducts a systematic and comprehensive study of cyber politics. It proposes a theoretical model of cyber politics. With the development of information technology and the Internet, a cyberspace and cyber society have emerged, giving rise to political phenomena in virtual spaces—virtual politics. The cyber society and virtual politics will inevitably have a significant impact on aspects of real-world politics such as state sovereignty, political systems, government management, and political culture. This impact is mutual, as government power in real-world politics will inevitably react upon the cyber society, thereby creating new models of national governance.