Yochai Benkler Boeken

Open networked models, enabled by digital technology, hold transformative potential for international development by fostering collaboration and information sharing. This volume features expert contributions that examine the application of open development in various contexts, tackling real-world challenges such as biotechnology, education, and access to information. It also discusses the tensions between open models and traditional structures, including issues of privacy and intellectual property. The book emphasizes the need for new theoretical tools to navigate the complexities of local contexts and social dynamics.

Describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing. The author shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people create and express themselves. He describes the range of legal and policy choices that confront.