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It has now become quite obvious that the Internet has brought significant changes to our society and a break on how we lived before its emergence. It is still too early to assess the impact on society of the new services at our disposal, such as the capacity to communicate faster and cheaper on a global scale, access information and, perhaps more importantly, to produce and disseminate information in a way that is accessible to all. It is clear that the advent of the Information Society implies changes in our society that constitute a point of no return. However, contrary to what happened when we entered the Industrial Age about three centuries ago, when the changing process was slow and led by older individuals, these days the entrance into the Information Society is taking place rapidly and the decisive players are younger people. The global nature of the Internet, the possibility of producing and distributing any type of content in digital form at almost zero cost, as well as the vast number of people who use the web, have highlighted the need for new forms of intervention in a sector where there are many types of players. It is in this context that the problem of Internet Governance becomes a very current issue, inasmuch as one feels the need to guarantee a diversity of rights and duties, which may appear difficult to reconcile. This paper presents a brief overview of the main players and initiatives which, in the field of Internet Governance, have tried to contribute to turning this network into a factor for social development and democraticity on a global scale.

"Internet Governance" published on by Oxford University Press.

Das europäische Verwaltungsrecht steht vor Koordinierungsproblemen, die es mit einer eigenen Perspektive auf Governance einzufangen hat. Am Beispiel der europäischen Regulierungsverbünde in den Netzwirtschaften wird deutlich, wie neue Formen exekutiver Zusammenarbeit, die auf die Institutionalisierung horizontalen Vertrauens ausgerichtet sind, entstehen. Das hat Konsequenzen. Stärker als bisher müssen Entkoppelungen von Politik und Recht in den Beobachtungsrahmen eingestellt werden. Recht, so argumentiert der Beitrag, hat horizontalen Freiheitsgefährdungen auch dort zu begegnen, wo der Rückgriff auf den Willen eines kollektiven Makrosubjekts aus-scheidet, universelle Vernunft aber nicht zu haben ist.

Progress in measuring governance is assessed using a simple framework that distinguishes between indicators that measure formal rules and indicators that measure the practical application or outcomes of these rules. The analysis calls attention to the strengths and weaknesses of both types of indicators as well as the complementarities between them. It distinguishes between the views of experts and the results of surveys and assesses the merits of aggregate as opposed to individual governance indicators. Some simple principles are identified to guide the use and refinement of existing governance indicators and the development of future indicators. These include transparently disclosing and accounting for the margins of error in all indicators, drawing from a diversity of indicators and exploiting complementarities among them, submitting all indicators to rigorous public and academic scrutiny, and being realistic in expectations of future indicators.