Description
Book SynopsisEvolving out of a research project on information technology and society, the book explores the digitization of the American city.
Trade Review'...it has been a pleasure to review a book that seems to offer to the reader, as a matter of course, the solidity of facts, data and references. This has been achieved without boring the reader...The author achieves fully and successfully his intent.' - Lanfranco Aceti, Information, Communication& Society
Table of ContentsIntroduction IT as Process and Globalization as Outcome Teleworkers and Telemanagers: IT and Telecommuting in the Digital City The Digital Office Virtual City Hall: The Governance of Local E-Governance Virtual Diasporas and Cyberspace Virtual Time: The Processuality of the Cyberweek Conclusion: The Digital City as the Virtual Embodiment of the Global City