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.
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