[governance] a good read

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi,

while I understand the uneasiness of assembling a broadening field of 
policy action under an unchanging term, I don't follow IISD's solution. 
In my view, public policy is just one specific form of governance, not 
an alternative. What might change in the long run is the other component 
of the term. Internet may appear to be too narrow to cover all the 
aspects addressed in this field. Some people now refer to information 
governance as a broader concept.

jeanette

On 22.09.2010 20:59, McTim wrote:
> 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"
>
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