[governance] Tweedledum and Tweedledee WAS Re: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 24/10/2014 3:09 pm, David Golumbia wrote:
> 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 detail?

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.

> And is this an official policy position of EFF?

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:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/towards-internet-nation

> 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.

Here is a partial chronological reading list to get you started (look
for these on Google Books or in your library):

  * Rosenau, James N. and Czempiel,  Ernst-Otto (eds). /Governance
    without Government: Order and Change in World Politics/ (1992)
  * Arend, Anthony Clark. /Legal Rules and International Society/ (1999)
  * Malcolm, Jeremy. /Multi-Stakeholder Governance and the Internet
    Governance Forum/ (2008)
  * Drake, William J. and Wilson, Ernest J. (eds). /Governing Global
    Electronic Networks: International Perspectives on Policy and Power/
    (2008)
  * Mathiason, John. /Internet Governance: The New Frontier of Global
    Institutions/ (2009)
  * Mueller, Milton. /Networks and States: The Global Politics of
    Internet Governance/ (2011)
  * Radu, Roxana, Chenou, Jean-Marie and Weber, Rolf H (eds). /The
    Evolution of Global Internet Governance: Principles and Policies in
    the Making/ (2014)
  * Brenner, Susan W. /Cyberthreats and the Decline of the Nation-State/
    (2014)

Many more references in the bibliographies of the above.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org

Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161

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