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Globalization, Citizenship and New Information Technologies: From the MAI to Seattle

Globalization, Citizenship and New Information Technologies: From the MAI to Seattle

Peter J. Smith, Elizabeth Smythe
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781599049397|ISBN10: 1599049392|EISBN13: 9781599049403
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch172
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Smith, Peter J., and Elizabeth Smythe. "Globalization, Citizenship and New Information Technologies: From the MAI to Seattle." Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Felix B. Tan, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 2379-2395. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch172

APA

Smith, P. J. & Smythe, E. (2008). Globalization, Citizenship and New Information Technologies: From the MAI to Seattle. In F. Tan (Ed.), Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2379-2395). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch172

Chicago

Smith, Peter J., and Elizabeth Smythe. "Globalization, Citizenship and New Information Technologies: From the MAI to Seattle." In Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Felix B. Tan, 2379-2395. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch172

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Abstract

This chapter examines how information technologies have been used by non-governmental organizations to contest economic globalization. The chapter uses as case studies the failed attempt to negotiate the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (1995-1998) and the failed effort to launch a new round of trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization ministerial meetings in Seattle 1999. We do not take the simplistic view that non-governmental organizations were solely responsible for defeating the MAI, or stopping further trade negotiations, but rather use these cases to examine how Internet technology contributed to the capacity of groups to communicate, to quickly mobilize and widely disseminate critical information, outside the control of national elites.

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