
Networks and States
The Global Politics of Internet Governance
Milton L. Mueller(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 3. September 2010
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-262-01459-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Illustrations
6 Abbildungen
7 figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-01459-5 (9780262014595)
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Milton L. Mueller is Professor at Syracuse University's School of
Information Studies and XS4All Professor at Delft University of Technology, the
Netherlands. He is the author of Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and
the Taming of Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2002) and other books.
Information Studies and XS4All Professor at Delft University of Technology, the
Netherlands. He is the author of Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and
the Taming of Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2002) and other books.