Power and authority in Internet governance : return of the state? /
"Power and Authority in Internet Governance investigates the hotly contested role of the state in today's digital society. The book asks: is the state "back" in internet regulation? If so, what forms are state involvement taking, and with what consequences for the future? The vol...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Routledge global cooperation series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Power and Authority in Internet Governance investigates the hotly contested role of the state in today's digital society. The book asks: is the state "back" in internet regulation? If so, what forms are state involvement taking, and with what consequences for the future? The volume includes case studies from across the world and addresses a wide range of issues regarding internet infrastructure, data and content. The book pushes the debate beyond a simplistic dichotomy between liberalism and authoritarianism in order to consider also greater state involvement based on values of democracy and human rights. Seeing internet governance as a complex arena where power is contested among diverse non-state and state actors across local, national, regional, and global scales, the book offers a critical and nuanced discussion of how the internet is governed - and how it should be governed. Power and Authority in Internet Governance provides an important resource for researchers across international relations, global governance, science and technology studies, and law, as well as policymakers and analysts concerned with regulating the global internet"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003008309 1003008305 9781000361568 100036156X 9781000361629 1000361624 9781000361599 1000361594 |