The Community Reclaims Control? Learning Experiences from Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Netherlands

Koen Salemink, Dirk Strijker, Gary Bosworth · 2016 · Sociologia Ruralis

Summary. Four Dutch rural broadband initiatives reveal that communities struggle to maintain control over digital infrastructure despite participatory ideals. Local groups must navigate competing interests from commercial providers and government authorities while managing limited social, intellectual, and financial resources. Volunteer burnout threatens project sustainability. Communities succeed only when members develop professional expertise to compete in complex broadband markets, yet learning remains secondary to achieving broadband access itself.

Read the original

@article{salemink-2016-community-reclaims-control-learning-experiences,
  title   = {The Community Reclaims Control? Learning Experiences from Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Netherlands},
  author  = {Koen Salemink and Dirk Strijker and Gary Bosworth},
  journal = {Sociologia Ruralis},
  year    = {2016},
  doi     = {10.1111/soru.12150},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12150}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Community Reclaims Control? Learning Experiences from Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Netherlands
AU  - Koen Salemink
AU  - Dirk Strijker
AU  - Gary Bosworth
JO  - Sociologia Ruralis
PY  - 2016
DO  - 10.1111/soru.12150
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12150
ER  - 

Details

DOI

10.1111/soru.12150

Countries

Netherlands

Regions

Europe

Categories

broadband-and-digital, regional-innovation-systems, policy

Added

2026-04-28