Christou, George, 1973- and Simpson, Seamus. (2006) The internet and public–private governance in the European Union. Journal of Public Policy, Vol.26 (No.1). pp. 43-61. ISSN 0143-814X

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Abstract

The EU plays a significant role in public policy aspects of Internet governance, having created in the late 1990s the dot eu Internet Top Level Domain (TLD). This enables users to register names under a European online address label. This paper explores key public policy issues in the emergent governance system for dot eu, because it provides an interesting case of new European transnational private governance. Specifically, dot eu governance is a reconciliation resulting from a governance cultural clash between the European regulatory state and what can be described broadly as the Internet community. The EU has customised the governance of dot eu towards a public–private dispersed agencification model. The paper extends the evidence base on agencification within trans-European regulatory networks and the emergence of private transnational network governance characterised by self-regulation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Internet in public administration -- European Union countries, Political science -- European Union countries, Political participation -- European Union countries, Political planning -- European Union countries, European Union countries -- Politics and government
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Public Policy
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0143-814X
Date:	May 2006
Volume:	Vol.26
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 43-61
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0143814X06000419
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	RES-000-22-0356 (ESRC)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/685

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