Ruling the Root Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace

Name: Ruling the Root Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace
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ISBN: 9780262632980

ISBN-10: 0262632985

ISBN-13: 9780262632980

Edition: 2002

Authors: Milton L. Mueller

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In this text, Milton Mueller uses the theoretical framework of institutional economics to analyse the global policy and governance problems created by the assignment of Internet domain names and addresses.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.06" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
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.




Introduction: The Problem of the Root



The Root as Resource



The Basic Political Economy of Identifiers



The Internet Name and Address Spaces



The Root and Institutional Change: Analytical Framework



The Story of the Root



Growing the Root



Appropriating the Root: Property Rights Conflicts



The Root in Play



Institutionalizing the Root: The Formation of ICANN



The New Regime



Issues and Themes



ICANN as Global Regulatory Regime



Global Rights to Names



Property Rights and Institutional Change: Some Musings on Theory



The Taming of the Net


Selected Acronyms


Notes


References


Index