The politics of the Internet in Third World development : challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba / Bert Hoffmann.
Material type: TextSeries: Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004Description: xx, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415949599
- 9780415949590
- Politics of the Internet in 3rd World development
- Information technology -- Political aspects -- Developing countries
- Information technology -- Political aspects -- Costa Rica
- Information technology -- Political aspects -- Cuba
- Technology and state -- Developing countries
- Technology and state -- Costa Rica
- Technology and state -- Cuba
- Economic development -- Political aspects
- 303.4833091724 22
- HN981.I56 H64 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index.
Pt. I. Third world development and NICT in political perspective -- Ch. 1. The new information and communication technologies (NICT) : comparative experiences and present disparities -- Ch. 2. NICT in third world development : political issues in a transformed telecommunications regime -- Pt. II. Latin America's 'mixed model' : Costa Rica -- Ch. 3. The Costa Rican development model and its telecommunications regime -- Ch. 4. Active NICT development by state monopoly : a new Costa Rican model? -- Pt. III. Latin America's 'socialist model' : Cuba -- Ch. 5. Cuba's state-socialist development model and its telecommunications regime -- Ch. 6. From the rejection of the Internet to the 'informatization of society' : a political anatomy of change -- Ch. 7. The politics of the Internet in third world development : conclusions in comparative perspective.
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