Shaping Internet Governance: Regulatory Challenges

The recent intensive discussions about the contents of Internet governance addressed manifold aspects of a possible regulatory regime. Since an international treaty structure is missing and self-regulation as a normative model does not suffice in all respects, new architectural and constitutional th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weber, Rolf H. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04620-9
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Perceptions of Governance
  • Perceptions of Information Society
  • Regulatory Approaches
  • Historical Developments: From McBride to WSIS
  • From ICANN to WSIS
  • Organizational Framework in Internet Governance: Overview
  • Policy and Technology Organizations
  • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
  • World Summits of the Information Society and Internet Governance Forum
  • European Dialogue on Internet Governance
  • Philosophical and Sociological Environment: Philosophical Concepts of a Social Contract for the internet Community
  • Multi-Stakeholderism in Internet Governance
  • Discussion Topics of Internet Governance: Introduction
  • Legitimacy
  • Transparency
  • Accountability
  • Partipation
  • Regulatory Issues: Introduction
  • Critical Resources and Access
  • Protection of Civil Liberties and Humanization of Internet Governance
  • Security: Assuring Safety, Trust, and Reliability
  • Bridging the Digital Divide
  • Concluding Obervations.