Public Ethics Radio: David Singh Grewal on Network Power
David Singh Grewal, Christian Barry, Matt Peterson
March 24, 2009Having trouble with audio or video playback? Click here
In this Public Ethics Radio broadcast, we discuss globalization with David Grewal of Harvard University.
To explain how power can be at work in apparently voluntary processes, Grewal introduces the concept of “network power.” He argues that this dynamic drives many key aspects of globalization. A network is united via a standard: a shared norm or convention that enables coordination among its users, such as a language. A widely used standard is more valuable than a less used one, simply because it governs access to a larger network of people.
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