| Global Politics in the Information Age Contributor(s): Lacy, Mark J. (Editor), Wilkin, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719067944 ISBN-13: 9780719067945 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: This work presents a provocative and wide-ranging introduction to the notion that information technologies are creating new formations of power, control and resistance across the planet. The essays--ranging from the language used by the Bush administration to shape the war on terror, the strategies of media management deployed to shape how the war in Iraq was presented in the public sphere, to the attempts to "brand" economic globalization and strategies of resistance developed by the anti-globalization movement--unearth the new transformations that are unfolding in the twenty first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Global politics in the information age presents a provocative and wide-ranging introduction to the notion that information technologies are creating new formations of power, control and resistance across the planet. The essays - ranging from the language used by the Bush administration to shape the war on terror, the attempts to control the circulation of informational products, the strategies of media management deployed to shape how the war in Iraq during 2003 was presented in the public sphere, through to the attempts to 'brand' economic globalisation and strategies of resistance developed by the anti-globalisation movement - unearth the new transformations that are unfolding in the twenty first century. |
