Internet Governance - Issues, Actors and Divides

Introduction to
INTERNET GOVERNANCE

Jovan Kurbalija

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PDF	CHAPTER	CONTENTS	PAGE
	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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