Servon Bridging the Digital Divide

Technology, Community and Public Policy
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77528-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Information Age Series

Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequalaccess to information technology. The author redefines thisproblem, examines its severity, and lays out what the futureimplications might be if the digital divide continues toexist.
* * Examines unequal access to information technology in the UnitedStates.
* Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to addressthe digital divide.
* Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities.
* Makes recommendations for future public policy.
* Series editor: Manuel Castells.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Servon, Lisa J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Special Recognition.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Acknowledgments.
Foreword.
Preface.
1. Redefining the Digital Divide.
2. The Dimensions of the Digital Divide.
3. The Role of CTCs within the Community Technology Movement:Marla K. Nelson, Rutgers University.
4. Support for Bridging the Gap.
5. Community Technology and Youth.
6. Training Disadvantaged Workers for IT Jobs.
7. The Organizational Divide: Josh Kirschenbaum and RadhikaKunamneni, PolicyLink.
8. Building the Bridge: Learning from Seattle.
9. Toward a New Agenda.
Bibliography.
Appendix 1: Research Strategy and Methodology.
Appendix 2: Community Technology Survey.
Appendix 3: Analysis of Survey Results.
Appendix 4: World Wide Web References.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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.