• Published by Information Science Reference

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.

• Published/Released: October 2009
• Original Copyright: 2009
• ISBN 13: 9781605663357
• ISBN 10: 1605663352
• Product number: 249480
• Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs (0.45 kgs)

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