St. Thomas Law Announces the Publication of Professor Roy Balleste’s Latest Book: Internet Governance: Origins, Current Issues, and Future Possibilities (2015)

Professor Roy Balleste

Internet Governance: Origins, Current Issues, and Future Possibilities explores computer history, internet beginnings, institutions and stakeholders, proposed models of governance, and human rights. The publisher notes that the “ultimate goal of the book is to establish a foundation for identifying a new model of governance for the Internet. In doing so, the book honors the efforts of previous scholars who have considered and proposed other models for the governance of the Internet.”

The book is intended as “an introduction for the novice to the subject of internet governance.” It also includes Professor Balleste’s attempts to sketch a practical plan for a new concept of Internet governance.

This book provides an “introductory, multidisciplinary account of the forces at work in the evolving concept of internet governance for scholars in the information studies fields, including computer, information and library science. It should also be useful for scholars in the fields of international law, international relations, diplomacy studies and political science.”

A list of Professor Balleste’s other recent publications is available here.

Internet Governance: Origins, Current Issues, and Future Possibilities is available for purchase here.