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Ruling the root : Internet governance and the taming of cyberspace
- Title
- Ruling the root : Internet governance and the taming of cyberspace / Milton L. Mueller.
- Author
- Mueller, Milton.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TK5105.875.I57 M845 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 317 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- An account of the complex, frequently contentious, issues of Internet governance and the formation of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
- Subjects
- Organizational change
- Institutional economics
- Right of property
- Telecommunication policy
- Cyberspace > Government policy
- Internet addresses > Government policy
- Internet > Government policy
- Controle
- Overheidsbeleid
- Domeinnamen (Internet)
- Telekommunikationspolitik
- Internationales Recht
- Eigentum
- Internet governance
- property rights
- Organizational Innovation
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303[-310) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Problem of the Root -- I. The Root as Resource. 2. The Basic Political Economy of Identifiers. 3. The Internet Name and Address Spaces. 4. The Root and Institutional Change: Analytical Framework -- II. The Story of the Root. 5. Growing the Root. 6. Appropriating the Root: Property Rights Conflicts. 7. The Root in Play. 8. Institutionalizing the Root: The Formation of ICANN. 9. The New Regime -- III. Issues and Themes. 10. ICANN as Global Regulatory Regime. 11. Global Rights to Names. 12. Property Rights and Institutional Change: Some Musings on Theory. 13. The Taming of the Net.
- ISBN
- 0262134128
- 9780262134125
- 9780262632980
- 0262632985
- LCCN
- 2002020024
- OCLC
- ocm48920212
- 48920212
- SCSB-1251730
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library