ABSTRACT

An outstanding line-up of contributors explore the regulation of the internet from an interdisciplinary perspective. In-depth coverage of this controversial area such as international political economy, law, politics, economics, sociology and internet regulation. Regulating the Global Information Society covers the differences between both US and UK approaches to regulation and establishes where policy is being made that will influence the future direction of the global information society, from commercial, democratic and middle-ground perspectives.

chapter 1|40 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Theoretical perspectives

part |2 pages

Part II The limits of telecommunications regulation

part |2 pages

Part III International self-regulation and standard setting

chapter 10|18 pages

Locating Internet governance

chapter 11|22 pages

Semi-private international rulemaking

part |2 pages

Part IV Standard setting and competition policy

chapter 13|20 pages

The problems of the third way

part |2 pages

Part V The limits of government regulation