Digital Globalization: Politics, Policy, and a Governance Paradox - Brossura

Weymouth, Stephen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108978363 ISBN 13: 9781108978361

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Riassunto

Digital technologies are reshaping the global economy and complicating cooperation over its governance. Innovations in technology and business propel a new, digitally-driven phase of globalization defined by the expansion of cross-border information flows that is provoking political conflict and policy discord. This Element argues that the activities of digital value chains (DVCs), the central economic actors in digital globalization, complicate international economic relations. DVC activities can erode individual privacy, shift tax burdens, and cement monopoly positions. These outcomes generate a new politics of globalization, and governments are responding with increasing restrictions on cross-border data flows. This monograph: 1) explains the new sources of political division stemming from digital globalization; 2) documents policy barriers to digital trade; 3) presents a framework to explain digital trade barriers across countries; and 4) assesses the prospects for international cooperation on digital governance, which requires countries move beyond coordinated liberalization and toward coordinated regulation.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1108978363
• ISBN 13: 9781108978361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 84
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile