The politics of the Internet in Third World development [electronic resource] : challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba / Bert Hoffmann.
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TextSeries: Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2004.Description: xx, 321 p. : illSubject(s): - 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
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- HN981.I56 H64 2004
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.
Introduction -- The new information and communication technologies (NICT) -- NICT in Third World development : political issues in a transformed telecommunications regime -- Structures and transformation of the Costa Rican development model -- Active NICT development by state monopoly : a new Costa Rican model? -- Structures and transformation of Cuba's state-socialist development -- 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.
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