Knowledge Technology & Policy articles

Recent articles from Knowledge Technology & Policy

Franco-American Spaghetti: Multicultural Distance Education.
June 22, 2000... Resume Dans cet article, on s'attache a decrire une expeience d'enseignement a distance biculturelle franco-americaine pendant l'annee universitaire 1997/ 98. Les etudiants d'une classe de [2.sup.e] annee du departement GEA (option GAPMO internationale) de I'IUT de Poitiers ont ete...

Free Cities.(relationship between a free market system and cities)
June 22, 2000... Contrary to modern political assumptions, the dense city, not the quiet office suburb, is the facilitator of market capitalism. Throughout history, cities have been the creator of wealth, the breeder of genius, and the market for art, technology, and science. In fact, the words "city"...

IT in Western Culture: A New Technology with Ancient Roots.(information technology)
June 22, 2000... What is the cultural and social significance of the Internet in the Western world? I shall argue that the Internet is a flower of the Western mind--not a fleur du mal but rather a product of the most deeply rooted, humane and cherished values of Western civilization: freedom of speech and...

Techscope.
June 22, 2000... (An Occasional Survey of Comment & Events) Stopping an Epidemic of Bad Etiquette reprinted with permission from The Standard (on-line). We recently took a look at legislative efforts aimed at cell phone users. Now we examine the private sector, which has seen its own share of...

Foreword.
June 22, 2000... Dear Readers, Firstly, I would like to apologize to Board Member and author Daniel Klein. His article "Policy Medicine Versus Policy Quackery" [Volume 13, #1--still in press per 1 October 00 (the complete issue was sent in 23 June, the page proofs were then sent to me and returned to...