Governance, Regulation and
Powers on the Internet
by Eric Brousseau
(Editor), Meryem Marzouki (Editor), Cécile Méadel (Editor)
Digital technologies have
prompted the emergence of new modes of regulation and governance, since they
allow for more decentralized processes of elaboration and implementation of
norms. Moreover, the Internet has been raising a wide set of governance issues
since it affects many domains, such as individual rights, public liberties,
property rights, economic competition, market regulation, conflict management,
security and the sovereignty of states. There is therefore a need to understand
how technical, political, economic and social norms are articulated, as well as
to understand who the main actors of this process of transformation are, how
they interact and how these changes may influence international rulings. This
book brings together an international team of scholars to explain and analyse
how collective regulations evolve in the broader context of the development of
post-modern societies, globalization, the reshaping of international relations
and the profound transformations of nation-states.
