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May 2002
6 x 9, 327 pp.
$38.00/£28.95 (CLOTH)
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0-262-13412-8
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978-0-262-13412-5

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Ruling the Root
Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace
Milton L. Mueller

1Introduction: The Problem of the Root
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IThe Root as Resource
2The Basic Political Economy of Identifiers
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3The Internet Name and Address Spaces31
4The Root and Institutional Change: Analytical Framework57
IIThe Story of the Root
5Growing the Root73
6Appropriating the Root: Property Rights Conflicts105
7The Root in Play141
8Institutionalizing the Root: The Formation of ICANN163
9The New Regime185
IIIIssues and Themes
10ICANN as Global Regulatory Regime211
11Global Rights to Names227
12Property Rights and Institutional Change: Some Musings on Theory255
13The Taming of the Net265
Selected Acronyms269
Notes273
References303
Index
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