Bits and atoms: information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood
Oxford:
Oxford University Press
(2014), xi, 195 pp., bibliogr. p.173-185, index
ISBN 978-0-19-994161-2
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phones, geographical information systems, and other digital technologies help fill the governance vacuum? In general, Livingston and Walter-Drop conclude with the contributors that where missing governance is information-based (bits), digital technology has a tremendous impact. Yet a major constraint is found in its ability to fill the governance vacuum concerning the provision of material collective goods (atoms)." (Abstract)
Contents
1 Introduction / Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter-Drop, 1
I. SIMULATION, CONSOLIDATION, OPPOSITION: ICT AND LIMITED STATEHOOD
2 Information Technology and the Limited States of the Arab Spring / Muzammil M. Hussain and Philip N. Howard, 17
3 The Kremlin's Cameras and Virtual Potemkin Villages: ICT and the Construction of Statehood / Gregory Asmolov, 30
4 E-government as a Means of Development in India / J. P. Singh, 47
5 ICT and Accountability in Areas of Limited Statehood / Joseph Siegle, 61
II. SUBSTITUTION: ICT AS A TOOL FOR NON-STATE GOVERNANCE
6 FrontlineSMS, Mobile-for-Development and the 'long tail' of governance / Sharath Srinivasan, 79
7 Natural Disasters and Alternative Modes of Governance: the Role of Social Networks and Crowdsourcing Platforms in Russia / Gregory Asmolov, 98
8 Mapping Kibera. Empowering Slum Residents by ICT [Kenya] / Primož Kovaçiç and Jamie Lundine, 115
9 Crisis Mapping in Areas of Limited Statehood / Patrick Meier, 130
10 From Crowdsourcing to Crowdseeding: The Cutting Edge of Empowerment? [DR Congo] / Peter van der Windt, 144
11 Conclusions / Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter-Drop, 157
I. SIMULATION, CONSOLIDATION, OPPOSITION: ICT AND LIMITED STATEHOOD
2 Information Technology and the Limited States of the Arab Spring / Muzammil M. Hussain and Philip N. Howard, 17
3 The Kremlin's Cameras and Virtual Potemkin Villages: ICT and the Construction of Statehood / Gregory Asmolov, 30
4 E-government as a Means of Development in India / J. P. Singh, 47
5 ICT and Accountability in Areas of Limited Statehood / Joseph Siegle, 61
II. SUBSTITUTION: ICT AS A TOOL FOR NON-STATE GOVERNANCE
6 FrontlineSMS, Mobile-for-Development and the 'long tail' of governance / Sharath Srinivasan, 79
7 Natural Disasters and Alternative Modes of Governance: the Role of Social Networks and Crowdsourcing Platforms in Russia / Gregory Asmolov, 98
8 Mapping Kibera. Empowering Slum Residents by ICT [Kenya] / Primož Kovaçiç and Jamie Lundine, 115
9 Crisis Mapping in Areas of Limited Statehood / Patrick Meier, 130
10 From Crowdsourcing to Crowdseeding: The Cutting Edge of Empowerment? [DR Congo] / Peter van der Windt, 144
11 Conclusions / Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter-Drop, 157
