Critical Perspectives on Open Development: Empirical Interrogation of Theory Construction (International Development Research) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262542323 ISBN 13: 9780262542326

Publisher: MIT Press, 2021

Synopsis

Theoretical and empirical analyses of whether open innovations in international development instrumentally advantages poor and marginalized populations.

Over the last ten years, "open" innovations--the sharing of information without access restrictions or cost--have emerged within international development. But do these practices instrumentally advantage poor and marginalized populations? This book examines whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of information and communication resources contributes (or not) towards a process of positive social transformation. The contributors offer both theoretical and empirical analyses that cover a broad range of applications, emphasizing the underlying aspects of open innovations that are shared across contexts and domains.

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About the Author

Arul Chib is Associate Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Caitlin M. Bentley is a Lecturer at the Information School at the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Fellow at Australian National University's 3A Institute. Matthew L. Smith is Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa and coeditor of Open Development: Networked Innovations in International Development (MIT Press and IDRC).

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262542323
• ISBN 13: 9780262542326
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Chib Arul, Bentley Caitlin M., Smith Matthew L.