A Socio-History of Internet Policies

Weaving the Digital State in France
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-69098-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: International Series on Public Policy

This book examines the development of internet policymaking over the last forty years. Drawing on evidence from France and elsewhere, it adopts a sociohistorical perspective to offer insights into the ways democratic states regulate the internet and digital transformation more generally. Adopting a chronological approach and utilising both policy analysis and interviews with key actors, it retells the changing role of the state in internet regulation since the inception of the internet to the present day. It also explores the complex relationships between public administrations and internet organizations, and considers whether states are really capable of governing the digital space. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, digital studies, sociology and communication studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bellon, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Origins of Networks: From Research Policies to Internet Politics.- Chapter 3: The State against the Internet: Bureaucratic Resistance to the network in France.- Chapter 4: Geeks, Webmasters and State technologists: Evangelizing the Internet.- Chapter 5: A Revolutionary moment?: Experimenting e-Government in France.- Chapter 6: The pirate years: Copyright policies in the 2000–2010 decade.- Chapter 7: Towards a digital mainstreaming.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: A Multi-Faceted Digital Revolution.

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Bellon is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France. Her research interests include internet regulation, online democracy, digital mobilizations and state transformation.