Bibliograph

Bits and atoms, information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood, edited by Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter-Drop

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Label

Bits and atoms, information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood, edited by Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter-Drop

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bits and atoms

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

855046077

Responsibility statement

edited by Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter-Drop

Series statement

Oxford studies in digital politics

Sub title

information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood

Summary

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 --, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Information technology and the limited states of the Arab spring / Muzammil M. Hussain and Philip N. Howard -- The Kremlin's cameras and virtual Potemkin villages : ICT and the construction of statehood / Gregory Asmolov -- E-government as a means of development in India / J. P. Singh -- ICT and accountability in areas of limited statehood / Joseph Siegle -- FrontlineSMS, mobile-for-development, and the "long tail" of governance / Sharath Srinivasan -- Natural disasters and alternative modes of governance : the role of social networks and crowdsourcing platforms in Russia / Gregory Asmolov -- Mapping Kibera. Empowering slum residents by ICT / Primož Kovačič and Jamie Lundine -- Crisis mapping in areas of limited statehood / Patrick Meier -- From crowdsourcing to crowdseeding : the cutting edge of empowerment? / Peter van der Windt

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