Standardization and Digital Enclosure
The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology
Published on 30. April 2009
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-1-60566-334-0 (ISBN)
Description
Recent trends have shown increasing privatization of standardization activities under various corporations, trade associations, and consortia, raising significant public policy issues about how the public interest may be represented. Standardization and Digital Enclosure: The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology establishes a framework of analysis for public policy discussion and debate. Discussing topics such as social practices and political economic discourse, this book offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to standardization and privatization valuable to technical, economic, and political researchers and practitioners, as well as academicians involved in related fields.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
919 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60566-334-0 (9781605663340)
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Content
Consortia legitimation arguments; Discourse on structure of standardization; Divergent systems and cultures; Global context of standardization; Relevant discourses and social practices; Standardization system; Taxonomy of standards; Theoretical and methodological approaches; Political economy; Taxonomy of arguments and discourses; U.S. standardization system.