How to conceptualize and study shared power in
multistakeholder collaborations? What are
the lessons learned from the early-ICANN open
deliberations with significance to the current
Internet Governance debate? "Powerscape of Internet
Governance" is an in-depth investigation of the
power
dynamics of global
multistakeholderism in ICANN (Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers). The private
corporation was created in 1998 to manage the
address resources of the global Net. Its
authority and policy decisions have been challenged
ever since by governments and civil society
champions. By applying Foucault s concept of power,
this critical exploration construes the experimental
ICANN as a network of interdependencies, which
generates transformative social impulses. The
powerscape of the 'ICANN case' is
sculpted by analyzing stakeholder practices,
discourses, and strategies. "Powerscape of Internet
Governance"
fills a gap in the literature on global governance
by presenting a case study,
and will be of value to students and scholars in
that field, and to stakeholders participating
in global multistakeholder processes.
multistakeholder collaborations? What are
the lessons learned from the early-ICANN open
deliberations with significance to the current
Internet Governance debate? "Powerscape of Internet
Governance" is an in-depth investigation of the
power
dynamics of global
multistakeholderism in ICANN (Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers). The private
corporation was created in 1998 to manage the
address resources of the global Net. Its
authority and policy decisions have been challenged
ever since by governments and civil society
champions. By applying Foucault s concept of power,
this critical exploration construes the experimental
ICANN as a network of interdependencies, which
generates transformative social impulses. The
powerscape of the 'ICANN case' is
sculpted by analyzing stakeholder practices,
discourses, and strategies. "Powerscape of Internet
Governance"
fills a gap in the literature on global governance
by presenting a case study,
and will be of value to students and scholars in
that field, and to stakeholders participating
in global multistakeholder processes.