The promise of access : technology, inequality, and the political economy of hope / Daniel Greene.
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TextDescription: viii, 260 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 9780262542333Subject(s): Digital divide -- Washington (D.C.) | Computer literacy -- Social aspects -- Washington (D.C.) | Knowledge economy -- Washington (D.C.) | Poverty -- Washington (D.C.) | Technology and state -- Washington (D.C.)DDC classification: 303.483309753 LOC classification: HM851 | .G7446 2021| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 303.4833 KNO 1998 Knowledge societies : | 303.4833 PRO 1997 Processed lives : | 303.4833 ROG 2005 Globalisation, ICT and developing nations : | 303.483309753 GRP 2021 The promise of access : technology, inequality, and the political economy of hope / | 303.4834 ABS 1982 Science and technology in the transformation of the world / | 303.484 BEP 1969 The planning of change. | 303.484 BEP 1985 The planning of change / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "The internet : your future depends on it" -- Discovering the divide : technology and poverty in the new economy -- The pivot and the trouble with 'tech' -- "More than just a building to sit in for the day" -- Flexible classrooms and charter schools -- Bootstrapping -- Conclusion: Reproducing hope.
"Based on fieldwork at three distinct sites in Washington, DC, this book finds that the persistent problem of poverty is often framed as a problem of technology"--
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