Lisa J Servon

Bridging the Digital Divide

Technology, Community and Public Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780631232414
• ISBN-10: 0631232419
• Artikelnr.: 21270099

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

'Bridging the Digital Divide makes it clear that thedigital divide is only one symptom of persistent poverty -- aproblem that touches us all. Fortunately, this is a case in whichtreating the symptom may help cure the disease. Servon's bookshows us that programs aimed at closing the divide are creatingpathways out of poverty for many low-income technology users, whoare acquiring career skills, educational advantages, and newknowledge that can lead to living-wage jobs'. LauraBreeden, Director, America Connects Consortium

This book is very dry, but in a good way, laying out whereexactly the digital divide falls and assessing how programs acrossthe country have tried to answer the question: Why cant Johnnysurf? A must-read for serious technology activists. CityLimits

This interesting and valuable addition to the literature onurban poverty and access to computers linked to the Internet is anempirical study that concludes with some sensible and thoughtfulpolicy recommendations. Highly recommended. E. Lewis, NewCollege of Florida