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Zusatztext 'An impressive collection of essays on the state-of-art of Internet governance that provides invaluable insights into how the governance debate is shaped - by actors! institutions! structures! and discourse. Highly recommended for everyone desiring an in-depth understanding of Internet governance research!' Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger! Oxford Internet Institute! University of Oxford Informationen zum Autor Eric Brousseau is Professor of Economics at the University of Paris Ouest and at the Global Governance Programme of the European University Institute in Florence. He was the director of EconomiX, a joint research center between the CNRS and the University of Paris Ouest, from 2005 to 2011. Meryem Marzouki is a senior researcher with the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and currently works at the Computer Science Laboratory of Paris 6 (LIP6). Cécile Méadel is Professor of Sociology at the Ecole des Mines, Paris and a researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, a joint research centre between Mines-Paristech and the CNRS. Klappentext An interdisciplinary survey of the issues surrounding the governance of the Internet. Zusammenfassung Digital technologies have prompted the emergence of new modes of regulation and governance. This book brings together an international team of scholars to explain how collective regulations evolve in the broader context of the development of post-modern societies! globalization! the reshaping of international relations and the profound transformations of nation-states. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Introduction; 1. Governance, networks and information technologies: societal, political, and organizational innovations Eric Brousseau, Meryem Marzouki and Cécile Méadel; Part I. The Evolution of Regulatory Frameworks in Perspective: 2. The interconnection regime: property and commons: learning from the telecommunication industry privatization process Milton L. Mueller; 3. Regulating networks in the 'new economy': organizing competition to share information and knowledge Éric Brousseau and Jean-Michel Glachant; 4. Balancing informational power by informational power - or - re-reading Montesquieu in the Internet age Herbert Burkett; 5. People on the Internet as agents of change James N. Rosenau and Miles D. Townes; Part II. Reformulating the Fundamentals for Collective Regulations: 6. Co-regulation and the rule of law Benoît Frydman, Ludovic Hennebel and Gregory Lewkowicz; 7. Democratic governance and reflexive modernization of the Internet Tom Dedeurwaerdere; 8. Internet governance and the question of legitimacy Pierre Mounier; 9. Global governance: evolutions and innovations in international relations Yves Schemeil; Part III. Self Regulations, Communities and Private Orders: 10. On-line communities and governance mechanisms Nicolas Auray; 11. Policing exchanges as self-description in Internet groups Madeleine Akrich and Cécile Méadel; 12. The formation of conventions for Internet activities Christine Hine; 13. Coordination of the international civil society and uses of Internet Christophe Aguiton and Dominique Cardon; Part IV. The Changing Nature of the Law: Coding, Contracting and Ruling: 14. DRM at the intersection of copyright law and technology: a case study for regulation Séverine Dusollier; 15. What contracts can't do: the limits of private ordering in facilitating a creative commons Niva Elkin-Koren; 16. The effects of electronic commerce technologies on business contracting behaviors Bruno Deffains and Jane K. Winn; 17. Internet governance: old issues, new framings, uncertain implications Eric Brousseau and Meryem Marzouki; Index....
