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1. Hacking Capitalism

   The Free and Open Source Software Movement

   By Johan Söderberg

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies

   Edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, Raul Pertierra, Jane Vincent

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these groups of people, assisting them in their efforts to defeat nostalgia, construct new communities, and...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
3. A Normative Theory of the Information Society

   By Alistair S. Duff

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   There is a clear need for a systematic, integrative, and rigorous normative theory of the information society. In this book, Duff offers a prescriptive theory to help to guide the academic and policy communities as they debate the future shape of emerging post-industrial, information-based...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
4. Network Governance of Global Religions

   Jerusalem, Rome, and Mecca

   By Michel S. Laguerre

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   This study seeks to explain three models of network governance embedded in digital practices that the mainstream monotheistic religions—Judaism, Catholic Christianity, and Islam—have used to lead and manage the worldwide distribution of their local nodes, exploring the connection between network...

   Published January 23rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Internet and Society

   Social Theory in the Information Age

   By Christian Fuchs

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and...

   Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge
6. Urban Youth in China: Modernity, the Internet and the Self

   By Fengshu Liu

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet users in China had reached 253 million (in comparison with 22.5 million in 2001). Yet, despite rapid growth, the...

   Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
7. The Politics of Cyberconflict

   The Politics of Cyberconflict

   By Athina Karatzogianni

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   The Politics of Cyberconflict focuses on the implications that the phenomenon of cyberconflict (conflict in computer mediated enivironments and the internet) has on politics, society and culture. Athina Karatzogianni proposes a new framework for analyzing this new phenomenon, which distinguishes...

   Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
8. National Governments and Control of the Internet

   A Digital Challenge

   By Giampiero Giacomello

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   In recent years, Internet control has become one of the major indicators to assess the balance between freedom and security in democracies. This book explores and compares why, and to what extent, national governments decide to control the Internet and how this impacts on crucial socio-economic...

   Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
9. National Electronic Government

   Comparing Governance Structures in Multi-Layer Administrations

   Edited by Martin Eifert, Jan Ole Püschel

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   This volume presents a comparative study to evaluate the success of the implementation of e-government in the UK, US, France, Germany, Finland, Australia and Japan. The detailed study examines national e-government strategies and their institutional framework of coordination and cooperation by...

   Published June 30th 2004 by Routledge
10. Reinventing Government in the Information Age

    International Practice in IT-Enabled Public Sector Reform

    Edited by Richard Heeks

    Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

    Will information technology help reinvent government? It might, but only if it is correctly managed. This book provides a new model for management of information age reform, based on international case-studies drawn from the US, UK, mainland Europe, and developing countries. It offers practical...

    Published January 10th 2001 by Routledge