The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of

The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and Networks

Defenders of the modern state often claim that itâ€™s needed to protect usâ€”from terrorists, invaders, bullies, and rapacious corporations. Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, for instance, famously argued that the state was a source of â€œcountervailing powerâ€ that kept other social institutions in check. But what if those â€œcountervailingâ€ institutionâ€”corporations, government agencies and domesticated labor unionsâ€”in practice collude more than they â€œcountervailâ€ each other? And what if network communications technology and digital platforms now enable us to take on all those dinosaur hierarchies as equalsâ€”and more than equals. In The Desktop Regulatory State, Kevin Carson shows how the power of self-regulation, which people engaged in social cooperation have always possessed, has been amplified and intensifed by changes in consciousnessâ€”as people have become aware of their own power and of their ability to care for themselves without the stateâ€”and in technologyâ€”especially information technology. Drawing as usual on a wide array of insights from diverse disciplines, Carson paints an inspiring, challenging, and optimistic portrait of a humane future without the state, and points provocatively toward the steps we need to take in order to achieve it.
Country USA
Brand CREATESPACE
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781523275595
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781523275595
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Desktop Regulatory State: The Countervailing Power of Individuals and Networks

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