Governance landscapes for emerging technologies: The case of cryptocurrencies

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Whitford, Andrew B.; Anderson, Derrick
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.12366
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 1053-1070
• 关键词: advocacy coalition framework; policy change; ecology

摘要

Scholars call for adaptive governance to balance concern about technology uncertainty with the need for innovation in the governance of emerging technologies. Yet, empirical assessment of such governance systems remains sparse. Do the actors interested in the potential regulation of an emerging technology focus on their own interests and opportunities, or do they think in terms of the collective interest? We focus on the actors who embed such systems from a novel landscape perspective that combines two dimensions of governance: the nature of the regulatory target, and the nature of the process they advocate for governing the target. We present data from over 70 actors in the area of cryptocurrencies for evaluating this new logic.