The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development Challenges in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba

This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Third World. Whereas the concept of the "digital divide" tends to focus on technological and quantitative indicators, this work stresses the crucial role play...

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Hlavný autor:	Hoffmann, Bert
Médium:	E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	New York Routledge 2004 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group
Vydanie:	1
Edícia:	Latin American Studies
Predmet:	Costa Rica Cuba Developing countries Economic development Economic development > Political aspects Information and communication technologies Information technology Information technology > Political aspects > Costa Rica Information technology > Political aspects > Cuba Information technology > Political aspects > Developing countries Internet Political conditions Political regimes Politics & International Relations Social Impact of Human Computer Interaction Sociology of Science & Technology State State socialism Technology and state Technology and state - Cuba Technology and state > Costa Rica Technology and state > Developing countries ITU 2002a Torricelli Law UCR NICT Mass Medium Public Access Centers Costa Rica Civil Society Main Line Telephony Gdp Growth State’s Media Monopoly State Socialist Countries Costa Rican Economy Telecommunications Regime Telecommunications Liberalization Universal Service Fund Free Production Zones El Nuevo Herald Peripheral Fordism Cuban Government Internet Access Costa Rican Model Intel Investment Costa Rican Government ASPA
ISBN:	9780415949590, 0415650976, 0415949599, 9780415650977
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Shrnutí:	This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Third World. Whereas the concept of the "digital divide" tends to focus on technological and quantitative indicators, this work stresses the crucial role played by the political regime type, the pursued development model and the specific configuration of actors and decision-making dynamics. Two starkly contrasting Third World countries, state-socialist Cuba and the Latin America's "show-case democracy" Costa Rica, were chosen for two in-depth empirical country studies. Bert Hoffmann is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies. 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
Bibliografia:	HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0417/2004009247.html Information=Table of contents Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7
ISBN:	9780415949590 0415650976 0415949599 9780415650977
DOI:	10.4324/9780203335352