Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Information Society

Derrick L. Cogburn is Professor at American University in Washington, DC, USA. He has a joint appointment in the School of International Service where he serves in the International Communication and International Development Programs; and in the Kogod School of Business where he serves in the Department of Information Technology & Analytics. He also serves at the founding Executive Director of the AU Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP), is Faculty Co-Director of the Internet Governance Lab (IGL), and is Director of COTELCO the Collaboration Laboratory.

Part I: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Global Information Society: Partners or Pawns?Chapter 1: Multistakeholderism and Contestation in Global Governance of the Information Society Chapter 2: Contending Perspectives on Multistakeholder Global Governance: Theory, Conceptual Framework, Data, and MethodsPart II: Global Regime Restructuring: Telecom, Internet Governance and the Information SocietyChapter 3: From NWICO to Global eCommerce: Telecommunications Restructuring and the GIIChapter 4: ISOC, ICANN and Experiments in Multistakeholder Global Internet GovernancePart III: Transnational Advocacy Networks in the WSIS “Revolution” and Post-WSIS InstitutionsChapter 5: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): Catalyst for Transnational Advocacy and a Milestone for Multistakeholder Global GovernanceChapter 6: Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID): What Went Right, and WrongChapter 7: Internet Governance Forum (IGF): What Went RightChapter 8: The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) as Transnational Advocacy NetworkPart IV: Snowden and Implications for Multistakeholder Global Governance of an Information SocietyChapter 9: Relinquishing the Root: Snowden, NETmundial, and the IANA TransitionChapter 10: Towards a Model of Transnational Advocacy Networks as Multistakeholder Global Governance: Conclusions and Future Research