Introduction to
INTERNET GOVERNANCE

Jovan Kurbalija
 

                      
 

 
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  Cover & Contents     
Introduction What Does Internet Governance Mean?
The Evolution of Internet Governance
The Internet Governance Cognitive Toolkit
The Classification of Internet Governance Issues
“Building under Construction”: Internet Governance –
Are We Building the 21st Century Tower of Babel?
NOTES
7-33
The Infrastructure & Standardisation Basket Introduction
The Telecommunications Infrastructure
Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
The Domain Name System (DNS)
Root Servers
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Bandwidth Providers
An Economic Model of Internet Connectivity
Web Standards
Cloud Computing
Convergence: Internet-Telecommunications-Multimedia
Cybersecurity
Encryption
Spam
NOTES 
37-70
The Legal Basket Introduction
Legal Instruments
        National and Community Legal Instruments
        International Legal Instruments
Jurisdiction
Arbitration
Arbitration And The Internet
Intellectual Property Rights
Copyright
Trademarks
Patents
Cybercrime
Labour Law
NOTES 
77-96
The Economic Basket E-Commerce
Consumer Protection
Taxation
Digital Signatures
E-Payments: E-Banking and E-Money
NOTES 
101-112
The Development Basket Introduction
The Digital Divide
Universal Access
Strategies for Overcoming the Digital Divide
        Developing Telecommunications and
           Internet Infrastructures
        Financial Support
        Socio-Cultural Aspects
        Telecommunication Policy and Regulation
NOTES
117-124
The Socio-Cultural Basket Introduction
Human Rights
Content Policy
Privacy and Data Protection
Multilingualism and Cultural Diversity
Global Public Goods
Rights of Persons With Disabilities
Education
Child Safety Online
NOTES
127-148
Internet Governance Stakeholders Introduction
Governments
Business Sector
Civil Society
International Organisations
Internet Community
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
NOTES
153-169
Annex Fourteen Lessons from the Internet Governance Forum
A Map for a Journey through Internet Governance
A Survey of the Evolution of Internet Governance until 2003
Diplo’s Internet Governance Cube
173-190

  


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