tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21418481317384732152024-02-19T08:19:23.666-07:00Timothy Schoechle, PhDCONSULTING SERVICES: Engineering ~ Legal ~ PolicyTimothy Schoechlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08681177246130455288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141848131738473215.post-30931979119316312442009-03-19T23:45:00.008-06:002009-04-09T18:31:14.192-06:00NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span>**<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Standardization and Digital Enclosure: The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9yKA2PPfrv4yyl7b2UTLAW_WnjE9Sbw1B-xD7OvKcsd5pPQRF3QJ1AGeIt2HGJb0elyShhtVW2AbM_cWIZqlmDkbkAT6iJXStRRY3uZqIUHUx1WAuagccF4B1T3TrOobsWNMfCsvVVc/s1600-h/T+Book+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9yKA2PPfrv4yyl7b2UTLAW_WnjE9Sbw1B-xD7OvKcsd5pPQRF3QJ1AGeIt2HGJb0elyShhtVW2AbM_cWIZqlmDkbkAT6iJXStRRY3uZqIUHUx1WAuagccF4B1T3TrOobsWNMfCsvVVc/s320/T+Book+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315147760151410770" border="0" /></a>Authored by: Timothy Schoechle, University of Colorado, USA<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">13-digit ISBN: 978-1-60566-334-0<br />384 pages; 2009 Copyright<br />Price: US $165.00 (hardcover only)<br />Perpetual Access: US $250.00<br />Print + Perpetual Access: US $330.00<br />Illustrations: figures, tables<br />(8 1/2” x 11”)<br />Translation Rights: World<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Recent trends have shown increasing privatization of standardization activities under various corporations, trade associations, and consortia, raising significant public policy issues about how the public interest may be represented.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Standardization and Digital Enclosure: The Privatization of Standards, Knowledge, and Policy in the Age of Global Information Technology</span> establishes a framework of analysis for public policy discussion and debate. Discussing topics such as social practices and political economic discourse, this book offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to standardization and privatization valuable to technical, economic, and political researchers and practitioners, as well as academicians involved in related fields.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><br />Global Information Technology; Electronic Government; IT Security/Ethics; Electronic Commerce<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Market: </span><br />This publication is essential for all academic, research, and government libraries, as well as all those looking for the latest studies on globalization, geopolitics, trade, foreign policy, as well as related issues including technical innovation, access to information and media, intellectual property, and emerging industrial economic development. Researchers, educators, practitioners, policy makers, and students who are interested in the Enclosure Theory and standardization of intellectual property in the age of digital information will find this book of extremely practical value.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Topics Covered </span><br />• Consortia legitimation arguments<br />• Discourse on structure of standardization<br />• Divergent systems and cultures<br />• Global context of standardization<br />• Relevant discourses and social practices<br />• Standardization system<br />• Taxonomy of standards<br />• Theoretical and methodological approaches<br />• Political economy<br />• Taxonomy of arguments and discourses<br />• U.S. standardization system<br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >READ</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=33283">About the Book</a></span><span style="font-weight:;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="" href="http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33283&v=tableOfContents">Table of Contents</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight:;"><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33283&v=preface">Preface</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >PURCHASE</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="" href="http://www.amazon.com/Standardization-Digital-Enclosure-Privatization-Information/dp/1605663344/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239321785&sr=8-1">Amazon</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="" href="http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?id=33283">Information Science Reference</a></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.igi-global.com/assets/images/logo_isr.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 54px;" src="http://www.igi-global.com/assets/images/logo_isr.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a name="more_info"></a>For more information on IGI Global or its publications, please contact: </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/"><span>IGI Global</span></a></span><br />701 E. 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