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Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS
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Nico Carpentier (editor) and
Jan Servaes (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Intellect L & D E F A E
Publication date
January 1, 2006
Pages
215
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781841501338
ISBN-10
1841501336
Dimensions
0.50 by 6.75 by 9 in.
Weight
0.92 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$35.50
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) has become a test-case for the 'multi-stakeholder approach'. This collection, which presents the work of members of the European Consortium for Communications Research (ECCR), attempts to discuss the major issues for a sustainable future of Knowledge Societies.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
The Information Society is one of the recurrent imaginaries to describe present-day structures, discourses and practices. Within its meaning is enshrined the promise of a better world, sometimes naively assuming a technological deus ex machina, in other cases hoping for the creation of policy tools that will overcome a diversity of societal divides.
With the two-phased World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the United Nations attempted to stimulate the development of such tools.
Simultaneously, the WSIS is a large-scale experiment in multistakeholderism. The objective was to create a more balanced decision-making process that would allow the voices of civil society and business actors to be heard in international politics.
This book aims to evaluate the potentialities of both the Information Society, and the WSIS in supporting and constructing more democratic, just and developed societies. It is the second book arising from the intellectual work of European Consortium for Communications Research members.
With the two-phased World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the United Nations attempted to stimulate the development of such tools.
Simultaneously, the WSIS is a large-scale experiment in multistakeholderism. The objective was to create a more balanced decision-making process that would allow the voices of civil society and business actors to be heard in international politics.
This book aims to evaluate the potentialities of both the Information Society, and the WSIS in supporting and constructing more democratic, just and developed societies. It is the second book arising from the intellectual work of European Consortium for Communications Research members.
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9781841501338 | details & prices | 215 pages | 6.75 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $35.50
About: The World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) has become a test-case for the 'multi-stakeholder approach'.
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