Christou, George, 1973- and Simpson, Seamus. (2007) Gaining a stake in global Internet governance - The EU, ICANN and strategic norm manipulation. European Journal of Communication, Vol.22 (No.2). pp. 147-164. ISSN 0267-3231

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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
Subjects:	P Language and Literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal of Communication
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0267-3231
Date:	June 2007
Volume:	Vol.22
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	18
Page Range:	pp. 147-164
Identification Number:	10.1177/0267323107076765
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/31813

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