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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Colección: | Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 s |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index. |
| ISBN: | 020333535X 9780203335352 9780415949590 0415949599 9786610236299 6610236291 9781135931582 1135931585 9781135931537 1135931534 9781135931575 1135931577 9780415650977 0415650976 |