Standardization and Digital Enclosure: The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781605663340)

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.

Author: Timothy Schoechle
ISBN-10: 1605663344
ISBN-13: 9781605663340
Publisher: Information Science Reference
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2009
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2009 pg. 130