Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
About the Book Series
The planet is being transformed by technical change and in particular by the speed of development in information technology. This series brings together the latest research on the social impact of IT and seeks to provide a broad range of case studies and comparative analysis of this phenomena and how it is changing our lives.
Network Governance of Global Religions: Jerusalem, Rome, and Mecca
1st Edition
By Michel S. Laguerre
May 23, 2013
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 ...
Information Society Studies
1st Edition
By Alistair S. Duff
May 03, 2013
We are often told that we are "living in an information society" or that we are "information workers." But what exactly do these claims mean, and how might they be verified? In this important methodological study, Alistair S. Duff cuts through the rhetoric to get to the bottom of the "information ...
Information Technology in Government: Britain and America
1st Edition
By Helen Margetts
October 12, 2012
This book situates information technology at the centre of public policy and management. IT is now a vital part of any government organisation, opening new policy windows and enabling a vast range of tasks to be carried out faster and more efficiently. But it has also introduced new problems and ...
Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement
1st Edition
By Johan Söderberg
May 10, 2012
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...
Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age
1st Edition
By Christian Fuchs
January 06, 2011
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 ...
National Governments and Control of the Internet: A Digital Challenge
1st Edition
By Giampiero Giacomello
April 29, 2009
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 ...
The Politics of Cyberconflict: The Politics of Cyberconflict
1st Edition
By Athina Karatzogianni
June 10, 2008
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 ...
National Electronic Government: Comparing Governance Structures in Multi-Layer Administrations
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Eifert, Jan Ole Püschel
August 24, 2004
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 ...
Reinventing Government in the Information Age: International Practice in IT-Enabled Public Sector Reform
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Heeks
March 19, 2001
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 ...