TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoffmann,Bert
TI  - The politics of the Internet in Third World development: challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba 
T2  - Latin American studies
SN  - 0415949599
AV  - HN981.I56 H64 2004
U1  - 303.4833091724 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Costa Rica
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Technology and state
KW  - Economic development
N1  - 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
ER  -