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Internet Governance
Infrastructure and Institutions
Edited by Lee A. Bygrave and Jon Bing
262 pages
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1 table, figures
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234x156mm
978-0-19-956113-1
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Hardback
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22 January 2009
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- Internet governance is becoming an increasingly important issue for civil society
- Academic and practitioners consider key tensions in the area: libertarian arguments, commercialism, and the interests of developing world countries
- Provides a rigorous historical account of the steering and management of core elements of the infrastructure for internet communication, particulary communication protocols and address systems
- Considers internet governance as an example of organizational governance based on bottom-up, consensus-seeking decision-making procedures
The question of governance of the Internet is increasing in significance. The United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society, held in two phases in 2003 and 2005, provoked heated debate, and the resultant meetings of the Internet Governance Forum that followed this have been the subject of growing public and media interest. Yet governance of the Internet is multifaceted, complex, and far from transparent, and there has been little written about the subject which is detailed, systematic, and non-polemical.
This book focuses on the issues involved in
the ongoing development of Internet governance, and the challenges associated with developing and applying governance structures at a global level based on bottom-up, consensus-seeking decision-making procedures, without direct foundation in a treaty frame-work. Leading academics and practitioners studying and working in the area of Internet governance explore such issues as how the engineering of infrastructure matters, how legitimacy is gained and retained by governance organizations, and whether elements of such organizations can provide a model for other organizations to emulate. They examine the tensions inherent in Internet governance, such as government control versus digital libertarianism; commercialism versus civil society ideals; interests of developed countries versus interests
of developing countries.
The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students of Information and Communications Technology, legal aspects of ICT, and Organization Studies, as well as legal practitioners, government bodies, NGOs, and others concerned with Internet governance.Readership: Academics and researchers of Information Technology and Communications, legal aspects of ICTs, and Organization Studies, as well as legal practitioners, government bodies, NGOs, and others concerned with internet governance.
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Edited by Lee A. Bygrave, Associate Professor, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo., and Jon Bing, Professor, Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law (NRCCL), University of Oslo Contributors:
Harald Alvestrand, engineer, Google Norway,
Jon Bing, Professor at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law (NRCCL), University of Oslo,
Lee A. Bygrave, Associate Professor at the Department of Private Law, University of Oslo,
Amanda Hubbard, Deputy Legal Advisor, US National Security Council,
Annebeth B. Lange, Senior Adviser in Law and Policy, UNINETT Norid
AS,
Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software,
Terje Lundby Michaelsen, attorney, Kluge law firm, Norway,
Susan Schiavetta, Contracts Manager, Nera Networks,
Lawrence Solum, John A. Cribbet Professor of Law, University of Illinois, College of Law, Champaign, Illinois,
Hilde Thunem, Managing Director, UNINETT Norid AS.
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"a must-read book... for anyone who values getting an in-sight glance in the multifaceted and far from transparent arena that decides how the Internet infrastructure is developed and governed." - Computer Law & Security Review
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Lee A. Bygrave and Jon Bing: Introduction
1: Jon Bing: Building Cyberspace: A Brief History of Internet
2: Lawrence B. Solum: Models of Internet Governance
3: Lee A. Bygrave and Terje Michaelsen: Governors of Internet
4: Harald Alvestrand: Development of Core Internet Standards: The Work of IETF and W3C
5: Lee A. Bygrave: The Naming Game: Governance of the Domain Name System
6: Amanda Hubbard and Lee A. Bygrave: Internet Governance Goes Global
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