The Internet and Global Governance: Principles and Norms for a New Regime

Mueller, Milton; Mathiason, John; Klein, Hans H.

doi:10.1163/19426720-01302007

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“…This relates to the discussion on whether internet governance should be set up as “multi‐stakeholderism” or “governmentalism.” Mueller et al . argue, “policymakers unwisely skipped foundational tasks in regime construction” and “did not attempt to forge agreements on underlying principles and norms for international cooperation on Internet governance (…)” (, p. 238). Although multi‐stakeholderism prevails at present, there are propositions to structure internet governance differently, and policymakers worldwide are discussing these propositions – for instance, in the NetMundial Initiative.…”

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Linking democratic anchorage and regulatory authority: The case of internet regulators

Ewert

Kaufmann

Maggetti

2018

Regulation & Governance

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Scholars and practitioners have repeatedly questioned the democraticness and the authority of transnational multi‐stakeholder organizations, especially those that regulate the internet. To contribute to this discussion, we studied the “democratic anchorages” and the regulatory authority of 23 internet regulators. In particular, we conducted a fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis assessing whether and which anchorages correspond to necessary and/or sufficient conditions for exerting regulatory authority. Our results show that strong anchorage in democratic procedures is specifically relevant for this outcome. Further, we find that weak anchorage in democratically elected politicians leads to high regulatory authority, confirming the significance of non‐state actors in this policy field. More generally, our findings support but also qualify expectations about the compatibility and mutual reinforcement of democratic quality and regulatory authority at the transnational level.

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Linking democratic anchorage and regulatory authority: The case of internet regulators

Ewert

Kaufmann

Maggetti

2018

Regulation & Governance

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“…Substantively, none of the concrete proposals for decision-making mechanisms in WGIG report got acted upon (see also Mueller et al, 2007b;Mueller, 2010: 68). The only actionable recommendations that survived the second phase of the WSIS was a call for establishment of a 'global multistakeholder forum' with no binding dec i s ion-making authority (Working Group on Internet Governance, 2005, paras.…”

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The Making of Institutions of Information Governance: The Case of the Internet Governance Forum

Epstein

2013

Journal of Information Technology

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Histories of information systems are inseparable from the histories of their governance. In the case ofthe Internet, governance structures informally developed during its early design were substantially different from the typical mechanisms resulting from public policy decisionmaking. Traditionally, global information systems, such as telecommunication systems, v\/ere governed through state-centrio mechanisms that would set treaty-based framework for non-state actors to operate within. Legitimate participation in these traditional governance structures was the prerogative of states that possessed sole decision-making authority. In the case of the Internet, non-state-actor-driven governance frameworks were developed outside of those traditional mechanisms. They relied on a different conception of legitimacy and authority. This paper discusses how the state and non-state actors were forced to cooperate around the creation of institutions that could accommodate the variety of views on authority, legitimacy, and decision-making processes in Internet governance. It tracks the creation of the Internet Governance Forum as a case where notions of legitimacy and authority were redefined for policy deliberations of complex information systems. The paper concludes with whether those changes lead to the emergence of new institutions that contribute tp the sustainability of the network by enabling coexistence of competing political interests and values; and what this could mean for the future of the network.

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“…How to govern those functions remains a hotly contested subject among Internet governance stakeholders where some advocate for the status quo and others for greater multilateralism to include a lessor role for states or multilateralism to include a greater role for states (Mueller , ; Cogburn et al. ; Mueller, Mathiason and Klein ; Clunan ; Deibert, Palfrey, Rohozinski and Zittrain ). Global Internet governance remains a hotly contested issue.…”

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“…A more critical view suggests that current US Internet governance policy constitutes a threat to the Internet as a global medium of “unfettered and borderless global communication” (Mueller :5; also see Mueller , ; Mueller and Thompson ; Mueller et al. ). Others have touted the value of multilateral coordination in policy‐making for the Internet as a desired policy outcome (Franda ; Mathiason , ; Bendek ; Malcolm ; Mueller ).…”

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Open for Expansion: US Policy and the Purpose for the Internet in the Post-Cold War Era

Kiggins

2013

Int Stud Perspect

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The Internet and Global Governance: Principles and Norms for a New Regime

Cited by 72 publications

References 4 publications

Linking democratic anchorage and regulatory authority: The case of internet regulators

Linking democratic anchorage and regulatory authority: The case of internet regulators

The Making of Institutions of Information Governance: The Case of the Internet Governance Forum

Open for Expansion: US Policy and the Purpose for the Internet in the Post-Cold War Era

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