Telegraph Technology and Administrative Internationalism in the Nineteenth Century

Howland, Douglas

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“…55 This is not to say, however, that the inclusiveness of international unions in the nineteenth century was especially a function of great power interests in the economic domination of peripheries; a technology such as the telegraph was promoted in some nations for simultaneous projects of national sovereignty and international linkage. 56 This article suggests that early administrative unions such as the ITU and UPU were significantly inclusive because of technology. Perhaps they could be so because the practices that they regulated -telegraph and postal communications -interconnected the world as it was, and because distances and control in the nineteenth century mattered for telegraph and postal communications in ways that they did not matter for other international practices such as migration or trade.…”

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An alternative mode of international order: The international administrative union in the nineteenth century

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2014

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A novel form of international order was developed in the nineteenth century by international administrative unions such as the International Telegraph Union and the Universal Postal Union. This administrative internationalism posed a striking alternative to the international society of great powers, sovereignty, and forms of imperial domination, for the members of administrative unions included not only sovereign states but also semi-sovereigns, vassals, and colonies. Members were equal and bound identically to the union treaty and its international administrative law. This article examines the structure of unions and their politics of membership in the nineteenth century, and engages theories of global governance to argue that early administrative unions present a mode of international order different from theories of both global networks and the international system of neorealism.

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An alternative mode of international order: The international administrative union in the nineteenth century

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2014

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“…For earlier scholarly debates about the role of experts and technical expertise within nineteenth century international legal organizations seeHowland (2014).…”

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The Global Politics of Science and Technology - Vol. 1

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Knoblich³

2014

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Ample empirical evidence points to recent power shifts in multiple areas of international relations taking place between industrialized countries and emerging powers, and between states and non-state actors. Yet there is a dearth of theoretical interpretation and synthesis of these findings, and a growing need for coherent approaches to understand and measure the transformation. This edited series aims to bring together scholars from all major world regions as well as different disciplines in order to discuss and possibly blend their different approaches and provide new frameworks for the understanding of global affairs and the governance of global power shifts.

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The Alternative Order of International Administration

Howland¹

2016

International Law and Japanese Sovereignty

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Telegraph Technology and Administrative Internationalism in the Nineteenth Century

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

An alternative mode of international order: The international administrative union in the nineteenth century

An alternative mode of international order: The international administrative union in the nineteenth century

The Global Politics of Science and Technology - Vol. 1

The Alternative Order of International Administration

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