[governance] Book on Governing Global Electronic Networks

[William Drake]

Hello,

Apologies for cross-posting, but the book release announcement below  
may be of interest to some on this list.

At the Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad Dec. 3-6 I can provide  
a coupon offering a 30% conference price reduction.

Best,

Bill

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The MIT Press

Governing Global Electronic Networks:
International Perspectives on Policy and Power

Edited by William J. Drake and Ernest J. Wilson III

The burgeoning use and transformative impact of global electronic  
networks are widely recognized to be defining features of  
contemporary world affairs. Less often noted has been the increasing  
importance of global governance arrangements in managing the many  
issues raised in such networks. This volume helps fill the gap by  
assessing some of the key international institutions pertaining to  
global telecommunications regulation and standardization, radio  
frequency spectrum, satellite systems, trade in services, electronic  
commerce, intellectual property, traditional mass media and Internet  
content, Internet names and numbers, cybercrime, privacy protection,  
and development. Eschewing technocratic approaches, the contributors  
offer empirically rich studies of the international power dynamics  
shaping these institutions. They devote particular attention to the  
roles and concerns of nondominant stakeholders, such as developing  
countries and civil society, and find that global governance often  
reinforces wider power disparities between and within nation-states.  
But at the same time, the contributors note, governance arrangements  
often provide nondominant stakeholders with the policy space needed  
to advance their interests more effectively. Each chapter concludes  
with a set of policy recommendations for the promotion of an open,  
dynamic, and more equitable networld order.

William J. Drake is a senior associate with the Centre for  
International Governance at the Graduate Institute of International  
and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Ernest J. Wilson III  
is Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University  
of Southern California. He is the author of The Information  
Revolution and Developing Countries (MIT Press, 2004).


Contributors:

Peng Hwa Ang, Jonathan D. Aronson, Byung-il Choi, Tracy Cohen, Peter  
F. Cowhey, William J. Drake, Henry Farrell, Rob Frieden, Alison  
Gillwald, Boutheina Guermazi, Cees J. Hamelink, Ian Hosein, Wolfgang  
Kleinwaechter, Don MacLean, Christopher May, Milton Mueller, John  
Richards, David Souter, Ernest Wilson III, Jisuk Woo.


“Global electronic networks are now absolutely central to economic,  
social and political processes the world over. They are the  
connective tissue that binds together the world community. This  
volume provides provocative and insightful assessments of key issues  
and institutions involved in their governance at the global level. I  
recommend it highly.”
— Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Internet  
Governance and former Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social  
Affairs, the United Nations

“This valuable compendium provides real insight into the array of  
debates and issues that the communications revolution creates for  
global politics. For some readers, this will be a useful entry point  
to the discussions; for others, it will add sophistication to the  
debates.”
— John Zysman, professor of Political Science and co-director of the  
Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, the University of  
California at Berkeley

“The global governance of electronic networks typically reflects the  
priorities of governments and corporations from the industrialized  
countries much more than those of developing countries and civil  
society. What’s more, much of the scholarly and policy literature on  
governance processes mirrors this top-down orientation. This volume  
takes a more balanced approach by giving due consideration to the  
roles and interests of nondominant actors and offering a series of  
progressive policy recommendations. The essays blend technical  
expertise and critical perspectives in a manner that will be very  
valuable to civil society activists and others working for an  
inclusive and just global information society.”
— Anriette Esterhuysen, Executive Director, the Association for  
Progressive Communications

December 2008 • 6 x 9 • 720 pages • 10 illustrations • $50/£32.95  
cloth • 978-0-262-04251-2

Sample chapters and purchasing at http://tinyurl.com/5mh9jj



TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE vii
Ernest J. Wilson III

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv

1. Introduction: The Distributed Architecture of Network Global  
Governance
William J. Drake p. 1


I. THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

2. Sovereign Right and the Dynamics of Power in the ITU: Lessons in  
the Quest
for Inclusive Global Governance
Don MacLean p. 83

3. Balancing Equity and Efficiency Issues in Global Spectrum Management
Rob Frieden p. 127

4. The Peculiar Evolution of 3G Wireless Networks: Institutional  
Logic, Politics,
and Property Rights
Peter F. Cowhey, Jonathan D. Aronson, and John E. Richards p. 149

5. The GATS Agreement on Basic Telecommunications: A Developing Country
Perspective
Boutheina Guermazi p. 187


II. THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF NETWORKED INFORMATION,
COMMUNICATION, AND COMMERCE

6. Trade Barriers or Cultural Diversity? The Audiovisual Sector on Fire
Byung-il Choi p. 233

7. The Global Governance of Mass Media Content
Cees J. Hamelink p. 275

8. International Regulation of Internet Content: Possibilities and  
Limits
Peng Hwa Ang p. 305

9. Creating Conventions: Technology Policy and International  
Cooperation in
Criminal Matters
Ian Hosein p. 331

10. Privacy in the Digital Age: State, Private Actors, and Hybrid  
Arrangements
Henry Farrell p. 375

11. Intellectual Property Rights, Capacity Building, and ‘‘Informational
Development’’ in Developing Countries
Christopher May p. 401


III. THE PARTICIPATION OF NONDOMINANT STAKEHOLDERS IN NETWORK
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

12. Louder Voices and the International Debate on Developing Country
Participation in ICT Decision Making
David Souter p. 429

13. The Ambiguities of Participation in the Global Governance of  
Electronic
Networks: Implications for South Africa and Lessons for Developing  
Countries
Tracy Cohen and Alison Gillwald p. 463

14. Spectators or Players? Participation in ICANN by the ‘‘Rest of  
the World’’
Milton Mueller and Jisuk Woo p. 507

15. Multistakeholderism, Civil Society, and Global Diplomacy: The  
Case of the
World Summit on the Information Society
Wolfgang Kleinwachter p. 535

16. Conclusion: Governance of Global Electronic Networks: The  
Contrasting
Views of Dominant and Nondominant Actors
Ernest J. Wilson III p. 583

CONTRIBUTORS p. 617

INDEX p. 623



INFORMATION REVOLUTION AND GLOBAL POLITICS
William J. Drake and Ernest J. Wilson III, editors

The Information Revolution
and Developing Countries
Ernest J. Wilson III

Human Rights in the
Global Information Society
Rikke Frank Jørgensen, editor

Mobile Communication and
Society: A Global Perspective
Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol,
Jack Linchuan Qiu, and Araba Sey

Access Denied: The Practice and
Policy of Global Internet Filtering
Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski,
and Jonathan Zittrain, editors

Governing Global Electronic Networks:
International Perspectives on Policy and Power
William J. Drake and Ernest J. Wilson III, editors

Working-Class Network Society:
Communication Technology and
the Information Have-Less in Urban China
Jack Linchuan Qiu (Forthcoming Spring 2009)

Transforming Global Information
and Communication Markets:
The Political Economy of Innovation
Peter F. Cowhey, Jonathan D. Aronson,
and John E. Richards, with Donald Abelson
(Forthcoming Spring 2009)

Protocol Politics: The Globalization
of Internet Governance
Laura DeNardis (Forthcoming)


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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
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