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Networks and States The Global Politics of Internet Governance

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ISBN-10: 0262518570

ISBN-13: 9780262518574

Edition: 2010

Authors: Milton L. Mueller, William J. Drake, Ernest J. Wilson

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When the prevailing system of governing divides the planet into mutually exclusiveterritorial monopolies of force, what institutions can govern the Internet, with its transnationalscope, boundless scale, and distributed control? Given filtering/censorship by states and concernsover national cybersecurity, it is often assumed that the Internet will inevitably be subordinatedto the traditional system of nation-states. In Networks and States, MiltonMueller counters this, showing how Internet governance poses novel and fascinating governance issuesthat give rise to a global politics and new transnational institutions. Drawing on theories ofnetworked governance, Mueller provides a broad overview…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.88" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Milton L. Mueller is Professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. He is the author of Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2002) and other books.