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Today, roughly 2 billion people use the internet, and its applications have flourished in number and importance. This volume will examine the growth and geography of the internet from a political economy perspective. Its central motivation is to illustrate that cyberspace does not exist in some aspatial void, but is deeply rooted in national and local political and cultural contexts. Toward that end, it will invoke a few major theorists of cyberspace, but apply their perspectives in terms that are accessible to readers with no familiarity with them. Beyond summaries of the infrastructure that makes the internet possible and global distributions of users, it delves into issues such as the digital divide to emphasize the inequalities that accompany the growth of cyberspace. It also addresses internet censorship, e-commerce, and e-government, issues that have received remarkably little scholarly attention, particularly from a spatial perspective. Throughout, it demonstrates that in cyberspace, place matters, so that no comprehensive understanding of the internet can be achieved without considering how it is embedded within, and in turn changes, local institutional and political contexts. Thus the book rebuts simplistic “death of distance” views or those that assert there is, or can be, a “one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter” model of the internet applicable to all times and places.

Human geography. --- Internet --- Technological innovations --- Social aspects. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Communism and geography. --- Social sciences. --- Economic geography. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Communication. --- Social Sciences. --- Communication Studies. --- Human Geography. --- Economic Geography. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Geography. --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Government policy --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Commercial geography --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Management

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This monograph explores the nature of corruption around the world from a geographic perspective. It focuses on historical context and cultural factors. Readers will learn that though corruption is pervasive, geography greatly shapes its character. This book will offer a better understanding of the level of corrupt activity in any given country. The book analyzes an array of countries and regions. Coverage ranges from democratic societies, where corruption is low due to high rates of literacy and a free press, to the most corrupt places, where centralized power structures and lack of a free media allow corruption to unfold unimpeded. Anti-corruption campaigns and their effectiveness are also reflected upon. In addition to data from Transparency International, the text examines relevant political events. In each case, the analysis focuses on the major actors and institutions involved; the cultural norms that often regard corruption as a normal part of doing business; and the attempts by foreign and domestic actors to minimize corruption. This book will help readers better understand the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as its type and severity varies widely across the planet. It will appeal to students, researchers, policy makers, and interested general readers.

Human geography --- Geography. --- Human Geography. --- Economic development. --- Law and economics. --- Development economics. --- Economic Geography. --- Development Studies. --- Law and Economics. --- World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions). --- Development Economics. --- Economics --- Economic development --- Economics and jurisprudence --- Economics and law --- Jurisprudence and economics --- Jurisprudence --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Economic geography. --- Human geography. --- Physical geography. --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Commercial geography

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Geography --- Historical geography. --- Geography, Historical --- Géographie --- Encyclopedias --- Encyclopédies

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Environmental planning --- Social geography --- Economic geography --- ruimtelijke ordening --- economie --- geografie