Hoffmann, Bert, <br/><br/>
The politics of the Internet in Third World development :  challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba / 
 Politics of the Internet in 3rd World development 
Bert Hoffmann. 
 - xx, 321 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Latin American studies .
 - Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm)). .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index. 
<br/><br/> Third world development and NICT in political perspective --  The new information and communication technologies (NICT) : comparative experiences and present disparities --  NICT in third world development : political issues in a transformed telecommunications regime --  Latin America's 'mixed model' : Costa Rica --  The Costa Rican development model and its telecommunications regime --  Active NICT development by state monopoly : a new Costa Rican model? --  Latin America's 'socialist model' : Cuba --  Cuba's state-socialist development model and its telecommunications regime --  From the rejection of the Internet to the 'informatization of society' : a political anatomy of change --  The politics of the Internet in third world development : conclusions in comparative perspective.  Pt. I.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Pt. II.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Pt. III.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415949599 9780415949590 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004009247 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Information technology--Political aspects--Developing countries<br/>Information technology--Political aspects--Costa Rica<br/>Information technology--Political aspects--Cuba<br/>Technology and state--Developing countries<br/>Technology and state--Costa Rica<br/>Technology and state--Cuba<br/>Economic development--Political aspects
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN981.I56  / H64 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4833091724