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This thesis has been adapted into a book that has been called "a timely contribution and a useful reference" that "ought to be read by every participant in the UN Internet Governance Forum."

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Preface
1. Introduction
The hacker ethos
Genesis of the Internet
Technical and social architecture
Shaking the architecture’s foundations
Governance mechanisms
Rules
Norms
Markets
Architecture
Networks
2. Internet governance as it was
Technical coordination
Historical development
Current arrangements
Criticisms
Standards development
Standards bodies
Criticisms
Public policy governance
Internet-related public policy issues
Criticisms
Governance mechanisms revisited
3. The international system
International law and international relations
International law
International relations
Actors in international law
Governments
The private sector
Civil society
New medievalism
Sources of international law
Hard law
Soft law
Private law
Limitations of international law
The legitimacy of authority
Jurisdiction
Universality
Internet governance as law
4. Designing a governance network
Anarchistic
Anarchy and the Internet
Anarchistic Internet governance
Criticisms
Hierarchical
Bureaucracy
Oligarchy
Meritocracy
Hybrid models
Anarchistic-hierarchical Internet governance
Criticisms
Democratic
Representation
Consent
Transparency and accountability
Inclusion
Criticisms
Consensual
Consensus between stakeholder groups
Deliberative consensus
Consensus in Internet governance
Criticisms
Multi-stakeholder public policy development
5. Reform of Internet governance
WSIS
Processes
First phase
WGIG
Second phase
IGF
Preparations
The First Meeting
Outcomes
The Second Meeting
Regional initiatives
CGI.br
Other proposals
Anarchistic
Hierarchical
Democratic
Consensual
The need for further reform
6. The IGF’s report card
Other organisations as models
Role
Policy-setting
Coordination
Development
Structure
Existing structures
Structural reform
Processes
Representation
Consent
Transparency and accountability
Inclusion
A new IGF
A. Comparison of other organisations
B. GNU Free Documentation Licence
GNU Free Documentation Licence
Preamble
Applicablility and definitions
Verbatim copying
Copying in quantity
Modifications
Combining documents
Collections of documents
Aggregation with independent works
Translation
Termination
Future revisions of this license
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