Internet governance : origins, current issues, and future possibilities / Roy Balleste.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balleste, Roy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Internet Governance: Origins, Current Issues, and Future Possibilities </span><span>provides an introductory, multidisciplinary account of the forces at work in the evolving concept of internet governance and includes computer history, Internet beginnings, institutions and stakeholders, proposed models of governance, and human rights. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Historical Dimension of Technology; 2 From the DNS Wars to ICANN; 3 From the WSIS-Geneva to the Civil Society Declaration; 4 From the WGIG to WSIS-Tunis; 5 The Internet Governance Forum; 6 A Survey of Models in Governance; 7 Realizing the Future Internet Governance Ecosystem; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-4785-1