Inequality.Com by David Stevens

Inequality.Com by David Stevens

We can now shop, vote, congregate - some would even argue we can have sex - on an entirely new plane of existence: the Internet. While this new place provides illimitable opportunities, it also raises new concerns. In this revelatory new book, O'Hara and Stevens tackle the thorny issues which crop up in this unprecedented boundaryless, and often unregulated space. Arguing that the lack of Internet access can deprive the poor of services and information that are essential to their status as equal citizens in society, they also discuss uncertainty about future technologies undermines our personal liberty - we can never be sure how the web of information we leave around ourselves will be used in years to come. Bringing together the important social, political and philosophical issues surrounding the Internet, this book will grip the attention of anyone who wishes to understand the broader issues involved everytime they click on their web browser.

Dr Brian Loader - Co- director, Social Informatics Research Unit, York university"O'Hara and Stevens should be congratulated for inviting such a pantheon of past political philosophers to engage in current debates about about the significance of ICTs for shaping our future world"

Kieron O'Hara is Senior Research Fellow in the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia Group (IAM), in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, UK. David Stevens is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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ISBN 13	9781851684502
ISBN 10	1851684506
Title	Inequality.Com
Author	David Stevens
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Publisher	Oneworld Publications
Year published	2006-08-01
Number of pages	256
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