The wealth of networks : how social production transforms markets and freedom / Yochai Benkler.

Author/creator Benkler, Yochai
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Information society.
Information networks.
Computer networks--Social aspects.
Computer networks--Economic aspects.

Contents Introduction: a moment of opportunity and challenge -- The networked information economy -- Some basic economics of information production and innovation -- Peer production and sharing -- The economics of social production -- The political economy of property and commons -- Individual freedom: autonomy, information, and law -- Political freedom part 1: the trouble with mass media -- Political freedom part 2: emergence of the networked public sphere -- Cultural freedom: a culture both plastic and critical -- Justice and development -- Social ties: networking together -- Policies of freedom at a moment of transformation -- The battle over the institutional ecology of the digital environment -- Conclusion: the stakes of information law and policy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 475-490) and index.
LCCN 2005028316
ISBN0300110561 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780300110562

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HM851 .B457 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold