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On 24/10/2014 3:09 pm, David Golumbia wrote:<br>
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<div>Since you did not answer my question the first time, and
at least one other person has put it a slightly different
way, and here you reference "state-based ordering" and
"nation states are no longer an adequate fit," in both cases
directly indicating that states should be bypassed,
invalidated, or otherwise overcome, I feel it is fair to ask
again: is it fair to say your political philosophy is
anarchism? If so, which variety of anarchism? If not
anarchism, which non-state philosophy is it? To whose
political theory should we turn to understand this system in
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No it's not fair to say that at all. Since this is not an
international relations or political science list I'm not going to
go too far into the weeds, but it is almost a truism that for a
variety of reasons nation states no longer possess either the
legitimacy to claim, or the capacity to exercise, sole authority
over global governance particularly in regimes (such as Internet
governance) where public policy decisions have significant
transnational impacts. This is not such an outlying position as you
seem to suggest, and see further some resources below.<br>
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<div>And is this an official policy position of EFF?</div>
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EFF is a non-partisan digital civil liberties organisation.
Individual staff may hold views across the political spectrum
(probably including anarchism). Also, unless what I write is
published on an EFF domain, it doesn't necessarily represent a
cleared EFF position, even if I happen to be using my work email
account because it relates to an area within the scope of my work.
However see this:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I am asking informational questions in an earnest
attempt to get a handle on who it is that has authorized or is
pushing for what appears to be a clear rejection of values and
principles that the great majority of people in the world would
be very unlikely to give up (at least not easily), and what
political system is being recommended to replace it. <br>
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Here is a partial chronological reading list to get you started
(look for these on Google Books or in your library):<br>
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<li>Rosenau, James N. and Czempiel, Ernst-Otto (eds). <i>Governance
without Government: Order and Change in World Politics</i>
(1992)</li>
<li>Arend, Anthony Clark. <i>Legal Rules and International
Society</i> (1999)<br>
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<li>Malcolm, Jeremy. <i>Multi-Stakeholder Governance and the
Internet Governance Forum</i> (2008)</li>
<li>Drake, William J. and Wilson, Ernest J. (eds). <i>Governing
Global Electronic Networks: International Perspectives on
Policy and Power</i> (2008)</li>
<li>Mathiason, John. <i>Internet Governance: The New Frontier of
Global Institutions</i> (2009)</li>
<li>Mueller, Milton. <i>Networks and States: The Global Politics
of Internet Governance</i> (2011)<br>
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<li>Radu, Roxana, Chenou, Jean-Marie and Weber, Rolf H (eds). <i>The
Evolution of Global Internet Governance: Principles and
Policies in the Making</i> (2014)</li>
<li>Brenner, Susan W. <i>Cyberthreats and the Decline of the
Nation-State</i> (2014)</li>
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<p>Many more references in the bibliographies of the above.<br>
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Jeremy Malcolm
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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