Power and Authority in Internet Governance

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<P><EM>Power and Authority in Internet Governance</EM> investigates the hotly contested role of the state in today''s digital society. The book asks: Is the state "back" in internet regulation? If so, what forms are state involvement taking, and with what consequences for the future? </P><P>The volume includes case studies from across the world and addresses a wide range of issues regarding internet infrastructure, data and content. The book pushes the debate beyond a simplistic dichotomy between liberalism and authoritarianism in order to consider also greater state involvement based on values of democracy and human rights. Seeing internet governance as a complex arena where power is contested among diverse non-state and state actors across local, national, regional and global scales, the book offers a critical and nuanced discussion of how the internet is governed ¿ and how it should be governed. </P><I><P>Power and Authority in Internet Governance</I> provides an important reso