Bits and Atoms - Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood (Hardcover)

Bits and Atoms explores the governance potential found in the explosive growth of digital information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood. Today, places with weak or altogether missing state institutions are tied internally and to the larger world by widely available digital technology. The chapters in the book explore questions of when and if the growth in digital technology can fill some of the governance vacuum created by the absence of an effective state. For example, mobile money could fill a gap in traditional banking or mobile phones could allow rural populations to pay for basic services and receive much needed advice and market pricing information. Yet, as potentially revolutionary as this technology can be to areas of limited statehood, it still faces limitations. Bits and Atoms is a thought-provoking look at the prospects for and limitations of digital technology to function in place of traditional state apparatuses.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
Release date:	2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Steven Livingston (Professor of Media & Public Affairs and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs) • Gregor Walter-Drop (Managing Director, Collaborative Research Center)
Dimensions:	240 x 162 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-994159-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries
LSN:	0-19-994159-9
Barcode:	9780199941599

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