Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries: How the Global South and Emerging Power Alliances Are Reshaping Digital Governance

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In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations possess vast troves of personal data. Yet, their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective and offers a forward-looking take on what a world less dependent on Silicon Valley might look like. It brings together excellent analyses of BRICS digital sovereignty issues, from historical imaginaries to up-to-date conceptualizations, e-payment to smart cities, legal analysis to geopolitical assessment. By offering neglected perspectives from the Global South, this book makes important contributions to the digital sovereignty debate. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries
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Communication, Society and Politics - Series page
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Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries - Title page
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How the Global South and Emerging Power Alliances Are Reshaping Digital Governance
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Contents
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Contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Special Acknowledgments: Institutional Sponsors for Open Access
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Abbreviations
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1 - Introduction
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Contesting Digital Sovereignty: Untangling a Complex and Multifaceted Concept
- By Min Jiang, Luca Belli
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Part I - State-centric Formations of Digital Sovereignty
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2 - Digital Sovereignty in China, Russia, and India
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From NWICO to SCO and BRICS
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3 - The Spatial Expansion of China’s Digital Sovereignty
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Extraterritoriality and Geopolitics
- By Wanshu Cong
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4 - South African Digital Sovereignty at the Crossroad of Securitization and Development
pp 81-102
- By Enrico Calandro
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Part II - Techno-economic Structurings of Digital Sovereignty
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5 - Digital Sovereignty and Payments
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A Case Study of the National Payments Corporation of India
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6 - Digital Statecraft of Middle Powers
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Tech Landscape and Digital Sovereignty in Brazil and India
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7 - A Modulated Approach to Digital Sovereignty
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Exploring Huawei-Led Smart City Initiatives in South Africa and Italy
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Part III - Grassroots Contestations of Digital Sovereignty
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9 - Brazilian Activism in Mastodon
pp 190-213
Sovereignty Discourses between Cyberlibertarianism and State-Centrism
- By Tales Tomaz
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10 - Conclusion
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Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS: Structuring Self-Determination, Cybersecurity, and Control
- By Luca Belli, Min Jiang
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References
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Index
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Contents

Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries
pp i-i

Communication, Society and Politics - Series page
pp ii-iv

Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries - Title page
pp v-v

Copyright page
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Figures
pp ix-x

Tables
pp xi-xii

Contributors
pp xiii-xviii

Preface
pp xix-xxiv

Acknowledgments
pp xxv-xxvi

Special Acknowledgments: Institutional Sponsors for Open Access
pp xxvii-xxviii

Abbreviations
pp xxix-xxx

1 - Introduction
pp 1-38

Part I - State-centric Formations of Digital Sovereignty
pp 39-102

2 - Digital Sovereignty in China, Russia, and India
pp 41-62

3 - The Spatial Expansion of China’s Digital Sovereignty
pp 63-80

4 - South African Digital Sovereignty at the Crossroad of Securitization and Development
pp 81-102

Part II - Techno-economic Structurings of Digital Sovereignty
pp 103-164

5 - Digital Sovereignty and Payments
pp 105-123

6 - Digital Statecraft of Middle Powers
pp 124-147

7 - A Modulated Approach to Digital Sovereignty
pp 148-164

Part III - Grassroots Contestations of Digital Sovereignty
pp 165-238

8 - Circumventing the “Sovereignization” of the Russian Internet
pp 167-189

9 - Brazilian Activism in Mastodon
pp 190-213

10 - Conclusion
pp 214-238

References
pp 239-274

Index
pp 275-282

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