[governance] a good read

[Meryem Marzouki]

I agree that "Internet governance" is probably inappropriate as it  
leads to many (largely encouraged) ambiguities, but I also think  
"Internet public policy" doesn't capture the complexity of what is  
meant - for better or for worse - by "Internet governance",  
especially in the global context.
I attended this workshop co-organized by IISD at IGF and it was clear  
to me that both IISD and the invited speakers at this workshop still  
needs to understand what we are talking about, and who's involved in  
the field.
Proposing to use the term "Internet public policy" in this context  
attests for the misunderstanding. One cannot simply transpose the  
'public' and 'public policy' concepts that are defined in a national,  
sovereign, regalian context, to a transnational, largely privately  
ordered, context. This has nothing to do with the need for policies  
oriented towards the general interest or the public interest: it is  
an issue of how to define the polity in this new context. I'm always  
puzzled at some people's easy speak of 'transnational democracy':  
transnational, I understand what this means; powers, I see where they  
are and even how they transform and recompose; but where the hell is  
the demos?! "We, the not so happy few"?
We should be more careful with concepts.

Best,
Meryem

Le 22 sept. 10 à 21:59, McTim a écrit :

> FYI:
>
> http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2010/icts_internet_sd_new_paradigm.pdf
>
> For those getting tired of the term "Internet Governance" (like me)
> please see bottom of page 6:
>
> "The term “Internet governance” has been widely used since the World
> Summit on the Information Society to describe not just the technical
> management and coordination of the Internet itself (which is sometimes
> called “narrow Internet governance”), but also the
> relationship between the Internet and mainstream public policy issues
> that are affected by it (sometimes called “broad Internet
> governance”). Both of these types of issues are discussed,
> for example, in the Internet Governance Forum.
> IISD believes that the use of the term “Internet governance” for this
> wide range of issues is increasingly inappropriate, particularly where
> issues fall primarily in other public policy arenas. IISD therefore
> prefers to use the term “Internet public policy” for this wider range
> of issues"
>
> -- 
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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