INTERNET GOVERNANCE
ISSUES, ACTORS AND DIVIDES

Eduardo Gelbstein and Jovan Kurbalija
 

   Full Text of the Internet Governance Booklet [2.3 MB]

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  Cover & Contents     
Introduction The Evolution of Internet Governance
International Negotiations on Internet Governance
What Does Internet Governance Mean?
Internet Governance Toolkit
        Approaches and Patterns
        Guiding Principles
        Analogies
The Classification of Internet Governance
“Building under Construction” 		 5-29
The Infrastructure & Standardisation Basket Introduction
The Telecommunications Infrastructure
Technical Standards and Services (The Internet Infrastructure)
        Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
          (TCP/IP)
        The Domain Name System (DNS)
        Root Servers
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Bandwidth Providers (IBPs)
Economic Model for Internet Connectivity
Web Standards
Open Source
Convergence: Internet-Telecommunications-
Multimedia
Internet Security
Encryption
Spam 		 31-65
The Legal Basket Introduction
Legal Mechanisms
        Legislation
        Social Norms (Customs)
        Self-Regulation 
Jurisprudence
International Regulation
Jurisdiction
Arbitration
Intellectual Property Rights
Trademarks
Copyright
Patents
Cybercrime
Digital Signatures
Labour Law
Privacy and Data Protection 		 67-97
The Economic Basket Introduction
E-Commerce
Consumer Protection
Taxation
Customs
E-Payments: E-Banking and E-Money 		 99-110
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 		 111-119
The Socio-Cultural Basket Introduction
Content Policy
Human Rights
Multilingualism and Cultural Diversity
Global Public Good
Education 		 121-135
Annex “The Blind Men and the Elephant” by John Godfrey Saxe
A Survey of the Internet Governance Evolution
A Map for a Journey through Internet Governance		 137-144
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