The Promise of Access
Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope
Published on 6. April 2021
272 pages
978-0-262-36335-8 (ISBN)
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Why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.
Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy. Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.
Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy. Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.
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Daniel Greene is Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland's iSchool.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "The Internet: Your Future Depends on It"
1 Discovering the Divide: Technology and Poverty in the New Economy
2 The Pivot and the Trouble with 'Tech'
3 "More than Just a Building to Sit In For the Day"
4 Flexible Classrooms
5 Bootstrapping
Conclusion: Reproducing Hope
References
Index
Introduction: "The Internet: Your Future Depends on It"
1 Discovering the Divide: Technology and Poverty in the New Economy
2 The Pivot and the Trouble with 'Tech'
3 "More than Just a Building to Sit In For the Day"
4 Flexible Classrooms
5 Bootstrapping
Conclusion: Reproducing Hope
References
Index
