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Oct 2013

This paper argues that the current multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance is illegitimate in too many eyes, and therefore must be transformed. As a first step, the new model must recognize that government has a valid regulatory role to play in this domain. Then, finding a workable balance between government and private sector oversight and articulating which stakeholder would be responsible for what would represent appropriate follow-on steps, or so the paper concludes.

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Author James A Lewis
Series CIGI Papers
Issue 4
Publisher Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Copyright © 2013 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution — Non-commercial — No Derivatives License.
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