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Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance

Harcourt, A; Christou, G; Simpson, S

Authors

A Harcourt

G Christou



Abstract

The book addresses representation of the public interest in Internet standard developing organisations (SDOs). Much of the existing literature on Internet governance focuses on international organisations such as the United Nations (UN), the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The literature covering standard developing organisations has to date focused on organisational aspects. This book breaks new ground with investigation of standard development within SDO fora. Case studies centre on standards relating to privacy and security, mobile communications, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and copyright. The book lifts the lid on internet standard setting with detailed insight into a world which, although highly technical, very much affects the way in which citizens live and work on a daily basis. In doing this it adds significantly to the trajectory of research on Internet standards and SDOs that explore the relationship between politics and protocols.

The analysis contributes to academic debates on democracy and the internet, global self-regulation and civil society, and international decision-making processes in unstructured environments. The book advances work on the Multiple Streams Framework (MS) by applying it to decision-making in non-state environments, namely SDOs which have long been dominated by private actors. The book is aimed at academic audiences in political science, computer science, communications, and science and technology studies as well as representatives from civil society, the civil service, government, engineers and experts working within SDO fora. It will also be accessible to students at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels.

Citation

Harcourt, A., Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2020). Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841524.001.0001

Book Type Authored Book
Online Publication Date Apr 1, 2020
Publication Date Jan 30, 2020
Deposit Date Feb 11, 2020
Publisher Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780198841524-(hardback);-9780191877001-(ebook);-9780192578594-(ebook)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841524.001.0001
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841524.001.0001
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