New Society and ICT Adoption: A Link between Policy Network and Network Management

Abstract

Academic ideas for network society have been articulated by diverse societal groups and communities. The emerging civil society in many parts of the globe is reflected through the power struggles of old and new political constellations and actions. Within this setting, the coalition of old regime and new regime of digital society is one of the most striking phenomena that can be observed that eventually give rise to the New Regulatory Regime (NRR). This chapter addresses the question of theoretical parameters that can be applied to analyse the critical juncture at which nation-states have arrived at the turn of the century in the march towards a networked society. The approach used in the chapter is to analyse the interplay of domestic and international influence factors in order to explain the current political discourse in digitalized technology.