Reviews
"Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age is an objective assessment of digital politics by 'track two' actors of international relations, where the author provides information rather than taking sides. Owen's work stands out as scientific, valid and well-documented." --The Hague Journal of Diplomacy "The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century." --Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School "Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations." --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power "In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse." --Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations "Taylor Owen gives us an incisive set of reflections on the ways in which the decentralized, collaborative, and resilient power of digital networks is undermining the state's ability to govern. Even more disturbing is the resulting existential dilemma for democratic states: the best way to fight back is to become a surveillance state. Disruptive Power does not provide answers, but it poses important and unsettling questions." --Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department, 2009-2011 "This important read that takes the reader through the effects of digital technologies in recent history will engage those interested in current events, political science, and digital technologies." --Library Journal, "The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century." -Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School "Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations." -Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power "In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse." -Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, "Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age is an objective assessment of digital politics by 'track two' actors of international relations, where the author provides information rather than taking sides. Owen's work stands out as scientific, valid and well-documented." --The Hague Journal of Diplomacy"The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century." --Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School"Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations." --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power"In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice betweenadaptation and collapse." --Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations"Taylor Owen gives us an incisive set of reflections on the ways in which the decentralized, collaborative, and resilient power of digital networks is undermining the state's ability to govern. Even more disturbing is the resulting existential dilemma for democratic states: the best way to fight back is to become a surveillance state. Disruptive Power does not provide answers, but it poses important and unsettling questions." --Anne-Marie Slaughter,Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department, 2009-2011"This important read that takes the reader through the effects of digital technologies in recent history will engage those interested in current events, political science, and digital technologies." --Library Journal"In this book on the rise of digitally empowered actors and corresponding decline in the ability of states to govern, Owen combines reflective insights, provacative assertions and important questions." -Bruce L. Gregory, Georgetown University, "The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century." --Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School "Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations." --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power "In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse." --Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations "Taylor Owen gives us an incisive set of reflections on the ways in which the decentralized, collaborative, and resilient power of digital networks is undermining the state's ability to govern. Even more disturbing is the resulting existential dilemma for democratic states: the best way to fight back is to become a surveillance state. Disruptive Power does not provide answers, but it poses important and unsettling questions." --Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department, 2009-2011 "This important read that takes the reader through the effects of digital technologies in recent history will engage those interested in current events, political science, and digital technologies." --Library Journal, "Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age is an objective assessment of digital politics by 'track two' actors of international relations, where the author provides information rather than taking sides. Owen's work stands out as scientific, valid and well-documented." --The Hague Journal of Diplomacy"The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century." --Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School "Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations." --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power"In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse." --Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations"Taylor Owen gives us an incisive set of reflections on the ways in which the decentralized, collaborative, and resilient power of digital networks is undermining the state's ability to govern. Even more disturbing is the resulting existential dilemma for democratic states: the best way to fight back is to become a surveillance state. Disruptive Power does not provide answers, but it poses important and unsettling questions." --Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department, 2009-2011"This important read that takes the reader through the effects of digital technologies in recent history will engage those interested in current events, political science, and digital technologies." --Library Journal, "The 21st century state is using new technologies both to serve and protect citizens and also to control them. Citizens are using the same technologies to fight back. Taylor Owen's analysis is the one you want to read on this battle and the way it will shape the 21st century." --Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School "Cyber technology has led to disruptive power in the form of hackers like Anonymous and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. How should states respond? Taylor Owen offers a provocative analysis and recommendations." --Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University, author of The Future of Power "In Disruptive Power, Owen gives us a tour of the digital challenges to the nation-state, from newly flexible protest groups like Occupy and Anonymous to the rise of algorithms as weapons, often in the hands of non-state actors and often targeting civilian life. He weaves these observations into a forcefully argued thesis: the model of a world governed by stable nation-states is in crisis, forcing most state-led institutions into a choice between adaptation and collapse." --Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations "Taylor Owen gives us an incisive set of reflections on the ways in which the decentralized, collaborative, and resilient power of digital networks is undermining the state's ability to govern. Even more disturbing is the resulting existential dilemma for democratic states: the best way to fight back is to become a surveillance state. Disruptive Power does not provide answers, but it poses important and unsettling questions." --Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department, 2009-2011
