Screen LibraryNetworks and states：the global politics of Internet governance
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MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Information revolution and global politics |
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| Carrier Form: | 313 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780262014595 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262014599 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TP393 |
| CLC: | TP393.4-01 |
| Call Number: | TP393.4-01/M947 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Part 1: Battle For The Soul Of The Internet -- 1: Networks and governance -- 2: Networks in action: three case studies -- 3: Do networks govern? -- Part 2: Transnational Institutions -- 4: World summit on the information society: the state-centric view -- 5: Civil society mobilization. "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 n |