Civil Society, Communication and Global Governance: Issues from the World Summit on the Information Society

by Marc Raboy and Normand Landry

In 2003 and again in 2005, the international community was called to take part in a World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This two-phase United Nations summit placed an unprecedented global spotlight on information and communication issues. Civil Society, Communication and Global Governance provides a sweeping portrait of the players, structures and themes of the WSIS, as well as a critical analysis of the summit's first phase, the issues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820481122
• ISBN13: 9780820481128
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 189 Pages