Overview
- Explores and presents the recent state of the art in studies on relationship between big tech firms and nation-states
- Explores the change in role and transformation of the power of nation-states in international relations
- Offers a comprehensive analysis of the measures that states are adopting to limit/regulate the role of big tech firms
Part of the book series: Contributions to International Relations (CIR)
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This book presents cutting-edge research and exploration of the role of nation-state when big tech firms present themselves as new participants in contemporary international relations that act on an equal footing with nation-states. The general research goal of this book is to identify the justifications that nation-states have adopted to regulate the big tech firms and the impacts of this process on international trade in the main economies in the world.
With the massive instrumentation of data, big tech firms have become actors with the capacity to intervene not only in economies but also, above all, in the politics of different countries with different systems. The emergence of big tech firms has transformed the approach to the concepts of national security, information management and access to new technologies among nation-states. The principles and fundamentals of cyber sovereignty have become one of the bases of states in the contemporary system of international relations. Today, the influence of big tech firms in different societies in the contemporary world is one of the main forms of power. This book tries to collect and present the recent state of the art in studies on the relationship between big tech firms and nation-states in the literature. It also addresses how governments such as those of the US, China and the EU are changing their legislation, creating control and data security mechanisms, imposing entry restrictions on foreign companies, and regulating the actions beyond the cloud of big tech firms inside and outside their borders.
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Li Sheng, Edmund, is a professor of political economy and public policy and the associate dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau. He received his master and Ph.D. of economics from Universitaet Freiburg, Germany, after graduating from Peking University. His recent research focuses on international political economy. He has published over 60 research papers in peer-reviewed academic journals, among which 44 are published in journals listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Big Tech Firms and International Relations
Book Subtitle: The Role of the Nation-State in New Forms of Power
Authors: Li Sheng
Series Title: Contributions to International Relations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3682-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3681-4Published: 07 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3684-5Published: 07 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-3682-1Published: 05 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2731-5061
Series E-ISSN: 2731-507X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 120
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Relations, Globalization, International Business