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Governance, Regulation and Powers on the Internet

Governance, Regulation and Powers on the Internet

Author: Eric Brousseau; Meryem Marzouki; Cécile Méadel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107013421
Published In: April 2012
Format: Hardback , 462 pages
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Digital technologies have prompted the emergence of new modes of regulation and governance, since they allow for more decentralized processes of elaboration and implementation of norms. Moreover, the Internet has been raising a wide set of governance issues since it affects many domains, such as individual rights, public liberties, property rights, economic competition, market regulation, conflict management, security and the sovereignty of states. There is therefore a need to understand how technical, political, economic and social norms are articulated, as well as to understand who the main actors of this process of transformation are, how they interact and how these changes may influence international rulings. This book brings together an international team of scholars to explain and analyse 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.

• Proposes an integrated vision of Internet and governance issues, from the regulation of the Internet to the impact of digital technologies on politics

• Provides both theoretical analysis of Internet governance issues and empirical research through case studies

• Written from a multidisciplinary and international perspective with contributions from renowned academic researchers who are deeply involved in Internet governance debates and developments on the ground

List of figures	viii
List of contributors	ix
Introduction	1
1 Governance, networks and digital technologies: societal, political and organizational innovations Eric Brousseau, Meryem Marzouki and Cécile Méadel	3
Part I The Evolution of Regulatory Frameworks in Perspective
2 Property and commons in internet governance Milton L. Mueller	39
3 Regulating networks in the “new economy”: organizing competition to share information and knowledge Eric Brousseau and Jean-Michel Glachant	63
4 Balancing informational power by informational power or Rereading Montesquieu in the internet age Herbert Burkert	93
5 People on the internet as agents of change James N. Rosenau and Miles D. Townes	112
Part II Reformulating the Fundamentals for Collective Regulations
6 Co-regulation and the rule of law Benoît Frydman, Ludovic Hennebel and Gregory Lewkowicz	133
7 Democratic governance and reflexive modernization of the internet Tom Dedeurwaerdere	151
8 Internet governance and the question of legitimacy Pierre Mounier	170
9 Global governance: evolution and innovation in international relations Yves Schemeil	186
Part III Self-Regulations, Communities and Private Orders
10 Online communities and governance mechanisms Nicolas Auray	211
11 Policing exchanges as self-description in internet groups Madeleine Akrich and Cécile Méadel	232
12 The formation of conventions for internet activities Christine Hine	257
13 The coordination of international civil society and uses of the internet Christophe Aguiton and Dominique Cardon	275
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	297
15 Governing access to user-generated content: the changing nature of private ordering in digital networks Niva Elkin-Koren	318
16 The effects of electronic commerce technologies on business contracting behaviors Bruno Deffains and Jane K. Winn	344
Conclusion	367
17 Internet governance: old issues, new framings, uncertain implications Eric Brousseau and Meryem Marzouki	368
References	398
Index	436