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Servon, Lisa J.

 
9780631232421: Bridging Digital Divide: Technology, Community and Public Policy (Information Age Series)
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ISBN 10: 0631232427 ISBN 13: 9780631232421
Editorial: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Sinopsis

Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist.

  • Examines unequal access to information technology in the United States.
  • Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to address the digital divide.
  • Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities.
  • Makes recommendations for future public policy.
  • Series editor: Manuel Castells.

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Acerca del autor

Lisa J. Servon is Associate Professor of Management and Urban Policy and Associate Director, Community Development Research Center, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University. Her work focuses on urban economic development and urban poverty and her first book, Bookstrap Capital: Microenterprises and the American Poor was published in 1999.

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Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist. This is also the first book to assess empirically the policies in the United States designed to address the social problems arising from the digital divide. It analyzes policies at both federal and local level, as well as looking at the success of community-based initiatives. The analysis is supported by empirical data resulting from extensive fieldwork in several US cities. The book concludes with the author's recommendations for future public policy on the digital divide.

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Editorial
John Wiley & Sons
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0631232427
ISBN 13 
9780631232421
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
296
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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9780631232414: Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community and Public Policy (Information Age Series)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0631232419 ISBN 13:  9780631232414
Editorial: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2002
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