Towards a Global Digital Constitutionalism: A Radical New Agenda for UN75

Twenty years after the WSIS, even as multi-stakeholder governance models in the domain have been stripped of any claim to their democratic potential, global digital governance is in shambles. Norm-building for the digital paradigm is increasingly shifting to plurilateral spaces and private sector-le...

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Published in:	Development (Society for International Development) 2021-06, Vol.64 (1-2), p.29-38
Main Authors:	Gurumurthy, Anita, Chami, Nandini
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Capitalism Constitutionalism Cooperation Development and Social Change Development Economics Development Policy Development Studies Digital economy Governance Inequality Information society Internet Pandemics Private sector Social networks Social Sciences Thematic Section
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Summary:	Twenty years after the WSIS, even as multi-stakeholder governance models in the domain have been stripped of any claim to their democratic potential, global digital governance is in shambles. Norm-building for the digital paradigm is increasingly shifting to plurilateral spaces and private sector-led rule-making in the guise of technical standards development. The UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation (2020) has failed to address this crisis. The paper argues for how in its 75th year, the UN needs to make a clean break from its historical soft-pedalling of corporatized rule-making for the digital by embracing the radical agenda of a transformative global constitutionalism, and proceeds to outline its constituent elements.
ISSN:	1011-6370 1461-7072