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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Main Author: Hoffmann, Bert
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2004
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:1
Series:Latin American Studies
Subjects:
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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Summary: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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index
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ISBN:9780415949590
0415650976
0415949599
9780415650977
DOI:10.4324/9780203335352