Logistical Nightmares

Ned Rossiter, a recognized expert at the forefront of network and software studies, explores how the global logistics industry increasingly affects how knowledge production is governed and undertaken. Using examples ranging from the Cold War legacy of cybernetics, the Chinese port of Ningbo, and the e-waste industry, Rossiter considers the logistical infrastructures of global supply chains, the software systems they depend on, their relationship with labor, and the crises and accidents such informational coercion can precipitate.