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Internet: A Political Issue for Europe (1970s – 2010s)

Internet: A Political Issue for Europe (1970s – 2010s)

Romain Badouard, Valérie Schafer
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466660380|ISBN10: 1466660384|EISBN13: 9781466660397
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6038-0.ch006
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Badouard, Romain, and Valérie Schafer. "Internet: A Political Issue for Europe (1970s – 2010s)." Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age, edited by Jonathan Bishop, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 69-84. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6038-0.ch006

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Badouard, R. & Schafer, V. (2014). Internet: A Political Issue for Europe (1970s – 2010s). In J. Bishop (Ed.), Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age (pp. 69-84). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6038-0.ch006

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Badouard, Romain, and Valérie Schafer. "Internet: A Political Issue for Europe (1970s – 2010s)." In Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age, edited by Jonathan Bishop, 69-84. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6038-0.ch006

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Abstract

How has the Internet come about in Europe? How did the “network of networks” and ICTs become political stakes for EU Institutions? This chapter sheds light on facts, limits, and tensions of the building of a political union in the ICT regulation field. It analyses the role of various stakeholders, from technical experts to ordinary citizens, according to a historical approach structured around three key notions: appropriating, governing, and using the Internet. By studying a relatively long period (from the 1970s to the early 2010s) and by observing the Internet as a tool for both internal consolidation and for asserting the EU on the international stage, the authors map the main features and trends that structure the European relationship to the “network of networks.” They, thus, show that the Internet's political dimension encompasses numerous and heterogeneous issues in the European context.

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