The Promise of Access
Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope
MIT Press · Print & ebook · April 6, 2021
Why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.
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- Who it’s for
- Daniel Greene traces how poverty became a technology problem amid economic change.
- Themes
- Technology and inequality, Poverty policy, Digital divide
- Genres
- Technology & Society, Poverty & Homelessness, Science & Tech Policy
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Why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better. Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access, Daniel Greene argues that the problem of poverty became a problem of technology in order to manage the contradictions of a changing economy.
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Greene shows how the digital divide emerged as a policy problem and why simple technological solutions to complex social issues continue to appeal to politicians and professionals who should (and often do) know better.
Poverty as Technology
Daniel Greene traces how poverty became a technology problem amid economic change.
Come here for
- The digital divide’s emergence as a policy problem
- Why coding and technology are framed as answers to poverty
Expect
- A political-economic account of technology, inequality, and poverty policy
- An examination of why simple technological fixes retain political appeal
Where it sits
| Poverty & Homelessness | 40% |
|---|---|
| Science & Tech Policy | 38% |
| Technology & Society | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Digital & Online Resources
- Science & Tech Policy
- Tech & Society
- Authors
- Daniel Greene
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- April 6, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Technology and inequality · Poverty policy · Digital divide
- Reading lane
- Digital & Online Resources