Bits And Atoms Information And Communication Technology In Areas Of Limited Statehood Steven Livingstongregor Walterdrop by Steven Livingston;gregor Walter-drop 9780199941612, 0199941610 instant download after payment.

We use the term areas of limited statehood to describe geographicalentities, policy felds, and social groups for which states either cannot maintain a monopoly of force or experience significant problems with regard to rule-making, implementation, and enforcement. In most cases, such limited statehood indicates governance defcits, that is, the undersupply of collective goods such as security, education, public health, and so on. This book therefore considers to what extent, if any, ICT-enabled collective action fills governance voids found in areas of lim-ited statehood. Put differently, can communities use ICT to meet challenges such as indiscriminant violence, disease, drought, famine, crime, and other problems arising from defcient and nonresponsive state institutions?