ABSTRACT
This book explores the role of the state in internet governance. As its primary guiding questions, it asks: (a) In what ways and to what extent do (and might) we see increased state involvement in contemporary internet governance; and (b) under what conditions can that greater government role in the internet be a good or a bad thing? In addressing these questions, the chapters examine issues such as the role of the state vis-à-vis multistakeholder governance of the internet, the various internet policies of authoritarian and democratic governments, and the relationship between (global) capitalism and the state in internet regulation. It also presents a summary of the volume’s chapters.
