Karen Mossberger Livres

This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and income and civic participation and voting.

Focusing on the diffusion of policy ideas, the book examines enterprise zones, initially proposed by the Reagan administration to revitalize inner cities. It analyzes their adoption in Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Massachusetts over twelve years, highlighting how both liberal and conservative factions embraced this concept. The author investigates the information networks and decision-making processes involved, questioning whether the spread of enterprise zones was a result of opportunism or informed deliberation.