Multistakeholder as Governance Groups: Observations from Case Studies

Multistakeholderism in Praxis: The Case of the Regional and National Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Initiatives

“…A more recent attempt to conceptualize multistakeholderism, based on a meta‐analysis of 12 case studies, focused on effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy of outcomes produced in various multistakeholder arrangements, flows of information within these structures, and challenges of coordination between local and global activities. The report reached a similar conclusion—while multistakeholderism as an idea is broadly accepted in the Internet governance community, its interpretation and practices vary widely (Gasser, Budish, & West, ).…”

Blockchain Governance and The Role of Trust Service Providers: The TrustedChain® Network

“…While in theory no one owns or controls distributed networks, several factors may prevent open networks from gaining and preserving a true democratic and egalitarian structure over time, such as: digital divide and cognitive entry barriers to digital communities and hackathons; strong asymmetries of information between developers and users; moral hazard and the prevalence of economic individualism over common good; core developers' stewardship with special rights in conflict resolution; poor network neutrality and clusters of interests informally acting as centers of steering (Atzori, 2015;Curtois, 2014;Gasser, Budish & West, 2015;Gervais et al, 2013).…”

Towards Digital Constitutionalism? Mapping Attempts to Craft an Internet Bill of Rights

“…Given the nature of the technical infrastructure, the Internet governance community has always required a high degree of multistakeholderism and decentralized collaboration across borders. 25 Thus, the desire to reject a fragmented approach in favour of a set of generalized and universal principles makes a certain practical common sense. Similarly, the perception that these rights and principles are fundamental to Internet governance tends to run in parallel to the sense that they should transcend national borders.…”

“…67 In other words, a careful examination of which voices are excluded, marginalized, or perhaps artificially amplified through these processes is required. 68 Finally, we identified a series of trends in terms of the substantive content, including the relationship between political events and the demands and affirmations captured by these initiatives. While which specific rights or principles will gain prominence over time remains to be seen, a deeper understanding of events such as the 2013 Snowden disclosures may provide a powerful model for understanding their development.…”