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  • Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World

    Understanding Power Structures in the 21st Century

    Edited by Blayne Haggart, Natasha Tusikov, Kathryn Henne ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology, women’s and gender studies, and Science and Technology Studies, ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World

    Understanding Power Structures in the 21st Century

    Edited by Blayne Haggart, Kathryn Henne, Natasha Tusikov ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology, women’s and gender studies, and Science and Technology Studies, ... Read more

    $89.69 CAD

  • Copyfight

    The Global Politics of Digital Copyright Reform

    by Blayne Haggart ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    Widespread file sharing has led content industries – publishers and distributors of books, music, films, and software – to view their customers as growing threats to their survival. Content providers and their allies, especially the U.S. government, have pushed for stronger global copyright policies through international treaties and domestic copyright reforms. Internet companies, individuals, and ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Ineffective Policies

    Causes and Consequences of Bad Policy Choices

    by Mark S. Winfield, Madison Stirling, Natasha Tusikov, David K Jesuit, Thomas J Greitens, Jacob A Hasselbalch, Mariëlle Wijermars, Matthias Kranke, Alberto Asquer, Blayne Haggart, Erin Lockwood ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Bad policies have repercussions that can be felt for decades. But what makes a bad policy? And how can it be reversed or improved?Bringing together scholars from Europe and North America, this book goes beyond traditional policy theory to study bad and ineffective policies across three fields:• the environment;• the financial services ... Read more

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  • Power and Authority in Internet Governance

    Return of the State?

    Edited by Blayne Haggart, Natasha Tusikov, Jan Aart Scholte ...
    Series series Routledge Global Cooperation Series
    Power and Authority in Internet Governance investigates the hotly contested role of the state in today's digital society. The book asks: Is the state "back" in internet regulation? If so, what forms are state involvement taking, and with what consequences for the future?The volume includes case studies from across the world and addresses a wide range of issues regarding internet infrastructure, ... Read more

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    How to Reclaim our Digital Future from Big Tech

    by James Muldoon ...
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  • Regulating Platforms

    by Terry Flew ...
    Series series Digital Media and Society
    We once thought of cyberspace as a borderless world. As the internet has become increasingly platformized, with a small number of technology giants that dominate the global digital economy, concerns about information monopolies, hateful online content, and the impact on media content creators and creative industries have become more marked. Consequently governments, politicians, and civil society ... Read more

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    Transforming Design Today for an Equitable Tomorrow

    by Matthew Wizinsky ...
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  • Labor in the Global Digital Economy

    The Cybertariat Comes of Age

    by Ursula Huws ...
    For every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. It’s a situation that we increasingly take for granted in our digital era, and while it is indicative of the novelty of twenty-first-century capitalism, it is also the key to understanding its driving force: the relentless impulse to commodify our lives in every aspect.Ursula ... Read more

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  • Cyberactivism

    Online Activism in Theory and Practice

    Edited by MARTHA MCCAUGHEY, Michael Ayers ...
    Cyberactivism is a timely collection of essays examining the growing importance of online activism. The contributors show how online activists have not only incorporated recent technology as a tool for change, but also how they have changed the meaning of activism, what community means, and how they conceive of collective identity and democratic change. Topics addressed range from the Zapatista ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Smart Urbanism

    Utopian vision or false dawn?

    Edited by Simon Marvin, Andrés Luque-Ayala, Colin McFarlane ...
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  • The Information Society

    Issues and Illusions

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    This book provides an overview of debates about whether we are entering into a phase of social existence without precedent - the 'information society'. Intended as a bridge between the literatures of 'social theory' and the 'social impact of technology', this study exposes the myths surrounding the creation of the information society, discussing technologies such as cable TV and robotics. ... Read more

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