Bridging the Digital Divide
Technology, Community and Public Policy
Published on 8. May 2008
320 pages
978-0-470-77528-8 (ISBN)
Description
Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequalaccess to information technology. The author redefines thisproblem, examines its severity, and lays out what the futureimplications might be if the digital divide continues toexist.
* * Examines unequal access to information technology in the UnitedStates.
* Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to addressthe digital divide.
* Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities.
* Makes recommendations for future public policy.
* Series editor: Manuel Castells.
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'Bridging the Digital Divide makes it clear that thedigital divide is only one symptom of persistent poverty -- aproblem that touches us all. Fortunately, this is a case in whichtreating the symptom may help cure the disease. Servon's bookshows us that programs aimed at closing the divide are creatingpathways out of poverty for many low-income technology users, whoare acquiring career skills, educational advantages, and newknowledge that can lead to living-wage jobs'. LauraBreeden, Director, America Connects Consortium This book is very dry, but in a good way, laying out whereexactly the digital divide falls and assessing how programs acrossthe country have tried to answer the question: Why cant Johnnysurf? A must-read for serious technology activists. CityLimits This interesting and valuable addition to the literature onurban poverty and access to computers linked to the Internet is anempirical study that concludes with some sensible and thoughtfulpolicy recommendations. Highly recommended. E. Lewis, NewCollege of FloridaMore details
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Lisa J. Servon is Associate Professor of Management and Urban Policy and Associate Director, Community Development Research Center, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University. Her work focuses on urban economic development and urban poverty and her first book, Bookstrap Capital: Microenterprises and the American Poor was published in 1999.
Content
Special Recognition.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Acknowledgments.
Foreword.
Preface.
1. Redefining the Digital Divide.
2. The Dimensions of the Digital Divide.
3. The Role of CTCs within the Community Technology Movement:Marla K. Nelson, Rutgers University.
4. Support for Bridging the Gap.
5. Community Technology and Youth.
6. Training Disadvantaged Workers for IT Jobs.
7. The Organizational Divide: Josh Kirschenbaum and RadhikaKunamneni, PolicyLink.
8. Building the Bridge: Learning from Seattle.
9. Toward a New Agenda.
Bibliography.
Appendix 1: Research Strategy and Methodology.
Appendix 2: Community Technology Survey.
Appendix 3: Analysis of Survey Results.
Appendix 4: World Wide Web References.
Bibliography.
Index.
