Bridging the Digital Divide (Paperback)

Lisa J. Servon

ISBN 10: 0631232427 / ISBN 13: 9780631232421

Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2002

Paperback. 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. Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology in the United States. The author examines how the problem arose, how serious it is, and what the future implications might be if the gap in access continues to grow. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780631232421

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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.

• 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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den 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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bridging the Digital Divide (Paperback)
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new
Auflage: 1. Auflage