Governance Spaces: Contribution to IR Theory

Abstract

By this article, I try to present technocratic view on IR and global governance. But my suggestion is to divide "global village" into technological zones. I borrow this idea from A. Barry's book. The space of standardized technologies and devices, the space of common legislation on technology is a bridge to a common political discourse. Discourse as a code: the more codes we share, the simpler our interactions. This idea includes such "pure" political (it's better to say - governmental) technologies as electronic government. Here I equate technology in politics with institutional design.