Power and authority in Internet governance : return of the state? / edited by Blayne Haggart, Natasha Tusikov, and Jan Aart Scholte.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: return of the state? .-- Part 1 Internet governance: the bird’s-eye view .-- 1 From governance denial to state regulation: a controversy-based typology of internet governance models .-- 2 The role of states in internet governance at ICANN .-- 3 The metagovernance of internet governance .-- 4 The data-driven economy and the role of the state .-- Part 2 Internet governance and authoritarian states .-- 5 Building China’s tech superpower: state, domestic champions and foreign capital .-- 6 “Nine dragons run the water”: fragmented internet governance in China .-- 7 Russia: an independent and sovereign internet? .-- Part 3 Internet governance and democratic states .-- 8 The return of the state? Power and legitimacy challenges to the EU’s regulation of online disinformation .-- 9 Varieties of digital capitalism and the role of the state in internet governance: a view from Latin America .-- 10 Seeing through the smart city narrative: data governance, power relations, and regulatory challenges in Brazil .-- Conclusion: state power (and its limits) in internet governance .-- Index

"Power and Authority in Internet Governance 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? 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. Power and Authority in Internet Governance provides an important resource for researchers across international relations, global governance, science and technology studies, and law, as well as policymakers and analysts concerned with regulating the global internet"-- Provided by publisher.