Negotiating Internet Governance (Hardcover)

Roxana Radu

ISBN 10: 0198833075 / ISBN 13: 9780198833079

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019

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Hardcover. This book provides an incisive analysis of the emergence and evolution of global Internet governance, revealing its mechanisms, key actors and dominant community practices. Based on extensive empirical analysis covering more than four decades, it presents the evolution of Internet regulation from the early days of networking to more recent debates on algorithms and artificial intelligence, putting into perspective its politically-mediated system of rules built on technical features and power differentials.For anyone interested in understanding contemporary global developments, this book is a primer on how norms of behaviour online and Internet regulation are renegotiated in numerous fora by a variety of actors -- including governments, businesses, international organisations, civil society, technical and academic experts -- and what that means for everyday users.This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This monograph will analyse internet governance as an emerging issue domain, tracing the actors, institutions, and policies involved in its evolution as a global political construct over 40 years. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negotiating Internet Governance (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198833075
• ISBN 13: 9780198833079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book provides an incisive analysis of the emergence and evolution of global Internet governance, revealing its mechanisms, key actors and dominant community practices. Based on extensive empirical analysis covering more than four decades, it presents the evolution of Internet regulation from the early days of networking to more recent debates on algorithms and artificial intelligence, putting into perspective its politically-mediated system of rules built on technical features and power differentials.

For anyone interested in understanding contemporary global developments, this book is a primer on how norms of behaviour online and Internet regulation are renegotiated in numerous fora by a variety of actors - including governments, businesses, international organisations, civil society, technical and academic experts - and what that means for everyday users.

About the Author

Roxana Radu, Research Associate, Global Governance Centre, The Graduate Institute Geneva

Dr Roxana Radu is a Research Associate at the Global Governance Centre, Graduate Institute in Geneva and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford's Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, working on Internet regulation, algorithms and knowledge production in the public sphere. She is also a non-residential fellow at the Centre for Media, Data and Society, Central European University.