Author: Rikke Frank Jørgensen
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262101157
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Papers originally presented at the World Summit on the Information Society, November 2005.

Author: Daniel Stauffacher
Publisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211045437
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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This book is a collection of more than fifty short papers, providing readers with first hand insights from key players who participated in the making of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Declaration of principles and the WSIS Plan of Action. The contributors represent a broad variety of individuals and institutions, from major stakeholder groups, and thus showcase a diversity of perspectives. The publication directs attention to three main areas: Part I: Policy and Diplomacy describes the relations at the Summit between the international agencies, national governments, and the private and non-governmental public sectors. Part II ndash; Principles and Actions delves into the core issues from the perspectives of mainly non-governmental stakeholders. Part III ndash; Looking Ahead faces the hopes and challenges of the second phase of the Summit.

Author: Milton L. Mueller
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262288796
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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How institutions for Internet governance are emerging from the tension between the territorially bound nation-state and a transnational network society. When the prevailing system of governing divides the planet into mutually exclusive territorial monopolies of force, what institutions can govern the Internet, with its transnational scope, boundless scale, and distributed control? Given filtering/censorship by states and concerns over national cybersecurity, it is often assumed that the Internet will inevitably be subordinated to the traditional system of nation-states. In Networks and States, Milton Mueller counters this, showing how Internet governance poses novel and fascinating governance issues that give rise to a global politics and new transnational institutions. Drawing on theories of networked governance, Mueller provides a broad overview of Internet governance from the formation of ICANN to the clash at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the formation of the Internet Governance Forum, the global assault on peer-to-peer file sharing, and the rise of national-level Internet control and security concerns. Internet governance has become a source of conflict in international relations. Networks and States explores the important role that emerging transnational institutions could play in fostering global governance of communication-information policy.

Author: Jan Servaes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781280477102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Information Society is one of the recurrent imaginaries to describe present-day structures, discourses and practices. Within its meaning is enshrined the promise of a better world, sometimes naively assuming a technological deus ex machina, in other cases hoping for the creation of policy tools that will overcome a diversity of societal divides. With the two-phased World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the United Nations attempted to stimulate the development of such tools. Simultaneously, the WSIS is a large-scale experiment in multistakeholderism. The objective was to create a more balanced decision-making process that would allow the voices of civil society and business actors to be heard in international politics. This book aims to evaluate the potentialities of both the Information Society, and the WSIS in supporting and constructing more democratic, just and developed societies. It is the second book arising from the intellectual work of European Consortium for Communications Research members.

Author: William J. Martin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351888889
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Today, information and the technologies that store and disseminate it are producing deep-rooted and widespread changes in society - changes of the same magnitude as those that occurred during the Industrial Revolution. The purpose of this book is to give a complete picture of the information society by examining in detail the social, economic, political, and cultural roles of information and information technology. This book is effectively a second edition of the author's classic The Information Society. In it, the author illustrates the major trends in and inter-relationships between information, information and communication technologies, and the global economy and society. In tracing the direction of information-based change he reveals the implications for ordinary citizens, for the quality of everyday life, for economic and social activity, and examines the prospects of nations and trading blocs. This book provides a new way of looking at society, one that is essential for understanding social and economic structures and processes in the information age.

Author: Kishan S. Rana
Publisher: Diplo Foundation
ISBN: 9993253162
Category : Diplomacy
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Xianhong Hu
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231003631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Author: Daniel Stauffacher
Publisher: UN
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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This report from ICT4Peace project describes the background to the project before prsented some selected examples of how information technology has been used for the prevention of conflict and aid with recovery.

Author: William J. Drake
Publisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211045574
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
ISBN: 9789261156411
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Cyber attacks are on the rise. The media constantly report about data breaches and increasingly sophisticated cybercrime. Even governments are affected. At the same time, it is obvious that technology alone cannot solve the problem. What can countries do? Which issues can be addressed by policies and legislation? How to draft a good law? The report assists countries in understanding what cybercrime is about, what the challenges are in fighting such crime and supports them in drafting policies and laws.