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Multistakeholder governance processes as production sites: enhanced cooperation "in the making"
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Abstract The paper combines actor-network theory and interpretative policy analysis to conceptualise multistakeholder arrangements in internet governance as production sites in which heterogeneous actors engage in dynamic processes of social ordering such as shared meaning-making and coalition building. The ... view more
The paper combines actor-network theory and interpretative policy analysis to conceptualise multistakeholder arrangements in internet governance as production sites in which heterogeneous actors engage in dynamic processes of social ordering such as shared meaning-making and coalition building. The paper draws on existing research that traces processes of social ordering at the intersection of multistakeholder settings and intergovernmental institutions, and on theoretical considerations of multistakeholder mechanisms in internet governance. By focusing on processes of discursive production, the paper adds a new perspective to the existing body of literature on science and technology studies and internet governance, and provides illustrations based on deliberations of the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
Actor-Network Theory; Black box; Discourse; Hybrid space; Interpretative Policy Analysis; Internet governance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 1-19
Journal
Internet Policy Review, 5 (2016) 3
Issue topic
Doing internet governance
ISSN
2197-6775
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed