The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and FreedomYale University Press, 2006 M01 1 - 515 pages Simon Bolivar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. His life, passions, battles and great victories became embedded in Spanish American culture almost as soon as they happened. This is the first major English-language biography of 'The Liberator' in half a century. John Lynch draws on extensive research on the man and his era to tell Bolivar's story, to understand his life in the context of his own society and times, and to explore his remarkable and enduring legacy. The book illuminates the inner world of Bolivar, the dynamics of his leadership, his power to command, and his modes of ruling the diverse peoples of Spanish America. The key to his greatness, Lynch concludes, was supreme will power and an ability to inspire people to follow him beyond their immediate interests, in some cases through years of unremitting struggle. Encompassing Bolivar's entire life and his many accomplishments, this is the definitive account of a towering figure in the history of the western hemisphere. |
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... interest to see how the “information good” that is the response to one's query is produced by the coordinate effects of the uncoordinated actions of a wide and diverse range of individuals and organizations acting on a wide range of ...
... interest to see how the “information good” that is the response to one's query is produced by the coordinate effects of the uncoordinated actions of a wide and diverse range of individuals and organizations acting on a wide range of ...
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... interest—can provide initial vetting and “peer-review-like” qualities to individual contributions made within an interest cluster. Observations that are seen as significant within a community of interest make their way to the relatively ...
... interest—can provide initial vetting and “peer-review-like” qualities to individual contributions made within an interest cluster. Observations that are seen as significant within a community of interest make their way to the relatively ...
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... interest, not on capital investment, it is more difficult to buy attention on the Internet than it is in mass media outlets, and harder still to use money to squelch an opposing view. These characteristics save the networked environment ...
... interest, not on capital investment, it is more difficult to buy attention on the Internet than it is in mass media outlets, and harder still to use money to squelch an opposing view. These characteristics save the networked environment ...
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... interests and sources allows their distributed, unrelated efforts to be coordinated—through the Google algorithm in this case, but also through many others—into a picture that has meaning and provides the answer to your question. Other ...
... interests and sources allows their distributed, unrelated efforts to be coordinated—through the Google algorithm in this case, but also through many others—into a picture that has meaning and provides the answer to your question. Other ...
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... interests—as diverse as human culture itself. Some care about Viking ships, others about the integrity of voting machines. Some care about obscure music bands, others share a passion for baking. As Eben Moglen put it, “if you wrap the ...
... interests—as diverse as human culture itself. Some care about Viking ships, others about the integrity of voting machines. Some care about obscure music bands, others share a passion for baking. As Eben Moglen put it, “if you wrap the ...
Contents
Part Two The Political Economy ofProperty and Commons | |
Autonomy Information and Law | |
ACulture Both Plastic and Critical | |
Chapter 9 Justice and Development | |
NetworkingTogether | |
Part Three Policies of Freedom at aMoment of Transformation | |
Chapter 11 The Battle Over theInstitutional Ecology of theDigital Environment | |
The Stakesof Information Law and Policy | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Yochai Benkler No preview available - 2006 |
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