Multistakeholder Internet Governance?
Global debate over alternative approaches to governing the Internet has been wide ranging, but increasingly has pivoted around the wisdom of “multistakeholder governance.” This paper takes controversy around a multistakeholder versus an alternative multilateral approach as a focus for clarifying...
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okr-10986-236392021-04-23T14:04:16Z Multistakeholder Internet Governance? Dutton, William H. internet governance internet use websites digital divide privacy internet regulation international policy coordination national policy trust bubble stakeholders Global debate over alternative approaches to governing the Internet has been wide ranging, but increasingly has pivoted around the wisdom of “multistakeholder governance.” This paper takes controversy around a multistakeholder versus an alternative multilateral approach as a focus for clarifying the changing context and significance of Internet governance. A critical perspective on this debate challenges some of the conventional wisdom marshaled around positions on the history and future of Internet governance. By providing an understanding of the dynamics of Internet governance, this paper seeks to illuminate and engage with issues that are of rising importance to the vitality of a global infrastructure that is becoming more central to economic and social development around the world. Based on the perspective developed in this paper, a multistakeholder process appears best suited for helping a widening array of actors, including multilateral organizations, to connect a worldwide ecology of choices that are governing the Internet. 2016-01-14T17:36:51Z 2016-01-14T17:36:51Z 2015-05-16 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23639 en_US WDR 2016 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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Global debate over alternative approaches to governing the Internet has been wide
ranging, but increasingly has pivoted around the wisdom of “multistakeholder
governance.” This paper takes controversy around a multistakeholder versus an
alternative multilateral approach as a focus for clarifying the changing context and
significance of Internet governance. A critical perspective on this debate challenges some
of the conventional wisdom marshaled around positions on the history and future of
Internet governance. By providing an understanding of the dynamics of Internet
governance, this paper seeks to illuminate and engage with issues that are of rising
importance to the vitality of a global infrastructure that is becoming more central to
economic and social development around the world. Based on the perspective developed
in this paper, a multistakeholder process appears best suited for helping a widening array
of actors, including multilateral organizations, to connect a worldwide ecology of choices
that are governing the Internet. |
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Dutton, William H. |
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Multistakeholder Internet Governance? |
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Multistakeholder Internet Governance? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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