Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace

by Milton L. Mueller

Book Overview

In Ruling the Root, Milton Mueller uses the theoretical framework of institutional economics to analyze the global policy and governance problems created by the assignment of Internet domain names and addresses. "The root" is the top of the domain name hierarchy and the Internet address space. It is the only point of centralized control in what is otherwise a distributed and voluntaristic network of networks. Both domain names and IP numbers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262632985
• ISBN13: 9780262632980
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher