1st Edition

China’s Normative Power in Cyberspace The Contested Making of Global Digital Governance

By Maria Adele Carrai Copyright 2027
200 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book delves into China's strategic extension of its influence over global digital standards and governance.   The author introduces the concept of normative power adapted for the digital domain, and constructs a multi-level theory of normative diffusion, disaggregating mechanisms operating at bilateral, regional, and international levels. The book examines bilateral dynamics through eight... Read more

1.  What Is “Chinese” About China’s Digital Norms?  2.  How China’s Digital Norms Circulate: A Multi-Level Theory of Digital Normative Power  3.  Mechanisms in Practice: Mapping Chinese Normative Power across Bilateral Cases  4.  Normative Power at the Regional Level: Mechanisms, Institutions, and the Diffusion of China’s Digital Governance Norms  5.  The International Arena: Contestation, Coalition, and the Normative Transformation of Global Digital Governance

Biography

Maria Adele Carrai is an Associate Professor from the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA) at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Cross College. She previously served as Assistant Professor of Global China Studies at NYU Shanghai and taught as an adjunct at NYU School of Law. She has been an Associate at the Harvard University Asia Center since 2021 and an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute since 2019.