Literature
We reccommend the following literature to prepare for the European Summer School on Internet Governance
- Jovan Kurbalija, An Introduction to Internet Governance (2010)
- William J. Drake, Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All (2010)
- Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It (2008)
- Avri Doria & Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Internet Governance Forum: The First Two Years (2008)
- Wolfgang Kleinwächter, The Power of Ideas: Internet Governance in a Global Multistakeholder Environment (2007)
- Lawrence Lessig, Code Version 2.0 (2006)
- Daniel Stauffacher & Wolfgang Kleinwächter, The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future (2005)
- William J. Drake, Reforming Internet Governance (2005)
- Manuel Castells, The Internet Galaxy (2002)
- Milton Mueller, Ruling the Root (2002)
Further recommended academic literature
- Jack Glodsmith & Tim Wu, Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World, (2006)
- Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Macht und Geld in Cyberspace (2004) / in German only
- Donald McLean, Internet Governance (2004)
- Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas (2003)
Official UN documents
- CSTD WG On IGF Improvements
- Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (July 2005)
- Tunis Commitment & Tunis Agenda of the Information Society and in various languages (November 2005)
- Geneva Declaration of Principles & Geneva Plan of Action (December 2003)
- Civil Society WSIS Declaration (December 2003)
We recommend also to visit the following websites in advance
- ICANN: http://www.icann.org/
- ISOC: http://www.isoc.org/
- IGF: http://www.intgovforum.org and Friends of the IGF
- NRO: http://www.nro.org/
- IETF: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-dkg-hrpc-glossary-00.txt
- EuroDIG: http://www.eurodig.org
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