There remains a widespread perception among both the public and elements of academia that the Internet is "ungovernable." However, this idea, as well as the notion that the Internet has become some type of cyber-libertarian utopia, is wholly inaccurate. Governments may certainly encounter tremendous difficulty in attempting to regulate the Internet, but numerous types of authority have nevertheless become pervasive. So who, then, governs the Internet? This book will contend that the Internet is, in fact, being governed, that it is being governed by specific and identifiable networks of policy...
There remains a widespread perception among both the public and elements of academia that the Internet is "ungovernable." However, this idea, as well ...
This book adopts a policy-based approach toward internet governance. It broadens the definition of internet governance and reintroduces the question of who governs the actual activity that occurs on the Internet by examining the policy process affecting the Internet's infrastructure, technical protocols, software applications, and content.
This book adopts a policy-based approach toward internet governance. It broadens the definition of internet governance and reintroduces the question o...
