Research Catalog

Title

The politics of the Internet in Third World development : challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba / Bert Hoffmann.

Author

Hoffmann, Bert.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Details

Description

xx, 321 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Latin American studies

Uniform Title

Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))

Subjects

• Kuba
• Entwicklungsländer
• Costa Rica
• Developing countries
• Cuba
• Economische ontwikkeling
• Politieke aspecten
• Technologiebeleid
• Informatietechnologie
• Technologiepolitik
• Informationstechnik
• Entwicklungspolitik
• Economic development > Political aspects
• Technology and state > Cuba
• Technology and state > Costa Rica
• Technology and state > Developing countries
• Information technology > Political aspects > Cuba
• Information technology > Political aspects > Costa Rica
• Information technology > Political aspects > Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The new information and communication technologies (NICT) -- NICT in Third World development : political issues in a transformed telecommunications regime -- The Costa Rican development model and its telecommunications regime -- Active NICT development by state monopoly : a new Costa Rican model? -- Cuba's state-socialist development model and its telecommunications regime -- 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.

ISBN

• 0415949599
• 9780415949590
• 9780203335352
• 020333535X

LCCN

2004009247

OCLC

• ocm55036743
• 55036743
• SCSB-8978123

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library