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Gaining a stake in global Internet governance - The EU, ICANN and strategic norm manipulation
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Christou, George and Simpson, Seamus (2007) Gaining a stake in global Internet governance - The EU, ICANN and strategic norm manipulation. European Journal of Communication, Volume 22 (Number 2). pp. 147-164. doi:10.1177/0267323107076765
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0267323107076765
Abstract
The global governance of the Internet and the influence that the EU is able to exert in international governance institutions are two important topics that this article brings together in the context of the EU's relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), created in 1999 to manage strategically valuable technical resources and functions of the Internet. Employing Schimmelfennig's model of rational action in international institutional contexts, the article explores how the EU acted to secure its interests within an organizationally constrained environment. While ICANN was formed through an essentially rationalist process where the EU accepted a less than first-best outcome in return for a stake in its governance, a dialectical relationship thereafter developed where the EU accepted and adapted ICANN's key norms but also asserted its material interests through rhetorical action due to its relatively weak position at ICANN's inception.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet governance -- Europe, Internet domain names -- Management | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Communication | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0267-3231 | ||||
| Official Date: | June 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 22 | ||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 18 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 147-164 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0267323107076765 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published |
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