Standardization and digital enclosure the privatization of standards, knowledge, and policy in the age of global information technology
Title:
Standardization and digital enclosure the privatization of standards, knowledge, and policy in the age of global information technology
Author:
Schoechle, Timothy D. (Timothy Duncan)
ISBN:
9781605663357
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Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xxv, 358 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Series:
Advances in IT standards and standardization research (AISSR) series,
Advances in IT standards and standardization research series.
Contents:
1. Introduction to the study -- 2. Standards and standardization practice -- 3. The global context of standardization -- 4. Theoretical and methodological approaches -- 5. Situated discourse and essential terms -- 6. Traditional institutional structures and practices -- 7. Discourse on standardization : public or private? -- 8. Conclusion.
Abstract:
"This study of the privatization of standards and standardization seeks to establish a framework of analysis for public policy discussion and debate with such related issues as technical innovation, access to information and media, intellectual property, and emerging industrial economic development"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-60566-334-0