1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910693330603321

Autore

Nyrop Richard F.

Titolo

Afghanistan : a country study / / Richard F. Nyrop, Donald M. Seekin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 1986

Edizione

[fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 408 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Area handbook series, ; ; 550-65

Disciplina

025

Soggetti

Government publications

Afghanistan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 7, 2004).

"Research completed 1997."

"The material on Afghanistan that follows represents preliminary drafts of three chapters of the unpublished volume on Afghanistan in the Federal Research Division's Area Handbook/Country Studies Series"--Pref.

Superseded Afghanistan: A Country Study, fifth edition (1986)--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Country Profile -- Introduction -- Historical Setting / Sally Ann Baynard -- The Society and Its Environment / Laurie Krieger -- The Economy / Robert S. Ford -- Government and Politics / Donald M. Seekins -- National Security / Samuel Hayfield -- Appendix. Tables -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793870703321

Autore

Pickard Victor

Titolo

After Net Neutrality : A New Deal for the Digital Age / / Victor Pickard, David Elliot Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-300-24910-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 pages)

Collana

The Future Series

Disciplina

384

Soggetti

Telecommunication policy - History - United States

History

United States

USA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Battle for Ownership and Control of Communication Infrastructures -- 2. The Broadband Cartel -- 3. The Making of a Movement -- Conclusion: Another Internet Is Possible -- Net Neutrality Timeline -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A provocative analysis of net neutrality and a call to democratize online communication   This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard and Berman argue that we should not see internet service as a commodity but as a public good necessary for sustaining democratic society in the twenty-first century. They aim to reframe the threat to net neutrality as more than a conflict between digital leviathans like Google and internet service providers like Comcast but as part of a much wider project to commercialize the public sphere and undermine the free speech essential for democracy. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the key concepts underpinning the net neutrality battle and rallying points for future action to democratize online communication.