[governance] a good read

[Carlos A. Afonso]

ICANN, a private non-profit in California, does "public policy"?

--c.a.

On 09/22/2010 05:38 PM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
> 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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