Ruling the Root-Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace

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Milton L. Mueller

The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England

© 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mueller, Milton.

Ruling the root : Internet governance and the taming of cyberspace / Milton L. Mueller.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-262-13412-8 (hc : alk. paper)

1. Internet-Government policy. 2. Internet addresses-Government policy. 3. Cyberspace-Government policy. 4. Telecommunication policy.
5. Right of property. 6. Institutional economics. 7. Organizational change.
I. Title.

TK5105.875.I57 M845 2002
004.67 8-dc21

2002020024

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

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