Fondements théoriques pour une régulation d'Internet : La légitimation faible et la réflexivité forte

Authors

  • Bernard FALLERY Université de Montpellier
  • Florence RODHAIN Université de Montpellier

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9876/sim.v15i3.363

Keywords:

Internet, Governance, Regulation, Legitimacy, Reflexivity

Abstract

Internet governance represents a hot issue, difficult to approach, both in practice of daily regulation and in theory if it is only based on the Corporate Governance vision. The objective of this article is to search for theoretical foundations in order to provide alternative regulation of this network of networks. The first part describes a state of forces and issues raised, between two visions: "the information society" and "the knowledge societies". A second section presents a theoretical framework based on two concepts from sociological research: legitimacy and reflectivity. As a result it appears that the move to two possible scenarios, a direct democracy or a representative democracy, pass through a newculture, that of solidarity and collective security. The discipline of information systems should provide insight into the conditions of this inter-organizational learning.

Author Biographies

Bernard FALLERY, Université de Montpellier

Bernard Fallery est professeur à l’Université Montpellier 2, où il dirige le groupe de recherche CREGOR-Systèmes d’Information. Il enseigne au département Informatique et Gestion à l’Ecole Polytech’Montpellier. Ses recherches ont toujours porté sur l’appropriation des TIC, que ce soit dans le travail des dirigeants, dans la formation ouverte, dans la gestion de connaissances et dans les technologies comme la messagerie ou la visioconférence.

Florence RODHAIN, Université de Montpellier

Florence Rodhain est maître de conférences à l’Université Montpellier. Elle enseigne la gestion et la communication à l’Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire, après avoir enseigné à Florida State University (USA) et à Victoria University of Wellington (Nouvelle-Zélande). Elle a publié une quarantaine d’articles dans des revues et actes de conférences portant sur les thèmes de la modélisation et de l’aide à la décision, de l’éthique, de l’écologie et du développement durable.

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Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Empirical research

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