This article proposes a relatively simple indicator, DIDIX, that wasdeveloped in an EU -funded project to benchmark and track national digital divideswithin EU member states. Based on the relative diffusion of computers and theInternet in four disadvantage d socio-demographic groups (compared to...

Im politischen Diskurs über die Chancen und Gefahren der Informationsgesellschaft fälltseit geraumer Zeit immer wieder das Schlagwort der digitalen Spaltung oder „DigitalDivide“. Die digitale Spaltung als Metapher fehlender sozialer Inklusion in der Nutzungvon Informations- und...

Recent information society policies have been paying much attention to the threat of a "digital divide".The gap between citizens from different socio-economic backgrounds with regard to theiropportunities and abilities to access and use information and communication technologies iscommonly...

After the introduction of the euro in 1999, the debate on the financial stabilityarchitecture in the EU focused on the adequacy of a decentralised setting based onnational responsibilities for preventing and managing crises. The Financial ServicesAction Plan in 1999 and the introduction of the...