Politics of the Internet in Third World Development - Challenges in Contrasting Regimes With Case Studies of Costa Rica

Informationen zum Autor Bert Hoffmann is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies. Klappentext This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Developing World. Zusammenfassung This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Developing World. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Third World Development and NICT in Political Perspective 1. The New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT): Comparative Experiences and Present Disparities 2. NICT in Third World Development: Political Issues in a Transformed Telecommunications Regime Part II: Latin America's 'Mixed Model': Costa Rica 3. The Costa Rican Development Model and Its Telecommunications Regime 4. Active NICT Development by State Monopoly: A New Costa Rican Model? Part III: Latin America's 'Socialist Model': Cuba 5. Cuba's State-Socialist Development Model and Its Telecommunications Regime 6. From the Rejection of the Internet to the 'Informatization of Society': A Political Anatomy of Change 7. The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development: Conclusions in Comparative Perspective

Product details

• Authors: Bert Hoffmann, Bert (Giga Hoffmann, Berthold Hoffmann, Hoffmann Bert, HOFFMANN BERTHOLD
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2004
• EAN: 9780415949590
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94959-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Human-Computer Interaction, Politics & government, Politics and government, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Human–computer interaction, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects