Digital Solidarities, Communication Policy and Multi-stake- holder Global Governance: The Legacy of the World Summit on the Information Society

摘要

The modalities and practices of contemporary global governance are in flux. Rising states and rising institutions (Alexandroff & Cooper, 2010) are bringing a host of previously excluded interests and actors to the top tables of international negotiations. Ongoing discussions about reform of the United Nations (Thakur & Weiss, 2012), as well as the World Trade Organization (Steger, 2009) and the emergence of the G20 as the premier forum for global economic governance (CIGI, 2011), reflect an increasing recognition that traditional forms of diplomacy (Cooper, Heine, & Thakur, in press) and international problem solving must change to reflect awareness of the multi-stakeholder nature of the twenty-first century.