This book investigates the contextual factors that led to Korean society becoming 'broadband heaven' - the most wired nation in the world - by scrutinizing the historical contexts surrounding the Korean Information Infrastructure (KII) project (1995-2005), which aimed to establish a nationwide high-speed backbone network, as well as its later evolution, which involved redesigning the public infrastructure.

Auteur

Kwan-Suk Lee is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Public Policy and Information Technology at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea; and Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Contenu

Introduction: South Korea as Broadband Heaven? 1. The Political Economy of Networked Mobility: A Theoretical Overview 2. From a Physical Infrastructure to a Virtual Infrastructure in Modern Korea 3. Local Telecommunications Policy within the Digital Mode of Global Capitalism 4. The State-Business Symbiosis in Korea's Broadband Infrastructure Plan 5. The Transformation of State Surveillance Practices toward a Grid of Control Conclusion: Beyond a Developmental State Model