Networks and States - The Global Politics of Internet Governance (Paperback)

How institutions for Internet governance are emerging from the tension between the territorially bound nation-state and a transnational network society. When the prevailing system of governing divides the planet into mutually exclusive territorial monopolies of force, what institutions can govern the Internet, with its transnational scope, boundless scale, and distributed control? Given filtering/censorship by states and concerns over national cybersecurity, it is often assumed that the Internet will inevitably be subordinated to the traditional system of nation-states. In Networks and States, Milton Mueller counters this, showing how Internet governance poses novel and fascinating governance issues that give rise to a global politics and new transnational institutions. Drawing on theories of networked governance, Mueller provides a broad overview of Internet governance from the formation of ICANN to the clash at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the formation of the Internet Governance Forum, the global assault on peer-to-peer file sharing, and the rise of national-level Internet control and security concerns. Internet governance has become a source of conflict in international relations. Networks and States explores the important role that emerging transnational institutions could play in fostering global governance of communication-information policy.

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Information Revolution and Global Politics
Release date:	2013
First published:	2010
Authors:	Milton L. Mueller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-51857-4
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	0-262-51857-0
Barcode:	9780262518574

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