[Fwd: [governance] Workshop proposal - Internationalisation of

[Milton L Mueller]

great points, Garth. Which is why I proposed "transnational" -- as in "transcending" the national. I don't see how that word implies a closed and absolute system of political authority. But if you do think it does, what's the alternative? 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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Internet Governance Project:
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> relationships.  All three of those words are hierarchical, and  
> therefore move  Internet governance out of the frying pan of first  
> principles about open relational choice and into the fire of closed  
> and absolute systems of political authority.  Political governance  
> that does not acknowledge a shift towards relational self- 
> organization as a different approach to governance is not 
> going to be  
> good Internet Governance.  To put that another way, does anybody  
> believe that "world" government can be "accountable political  
> governance?"
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