03829nam 22007934a 450 991095328570332120251116172920.01-135-93157-71-135-93158-51-280-23629-997866102362990-203-33535-X10.4324/9780203335352 (CKB)1000000000252746(EBL)199655(OCoLC)437059565(SSID)ssj0000224156(PQKBManifestationID)11210359(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224156(PQKBWorkID)10225573(PQKB)10020363(MiAaPQ)EBC199655(Au-PeEL)EBL199655(CaPaEBR)ebr10162945(CaONFJC)MIL23629(OCoLC)252733382(PPN)198452802(EXLCZ)99100000000025274620040422d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of the Internet in Third World development challenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba /Bert Hoffmann1st ed.New York Routledge20041 online resource (285 p.)Latin American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-65097-6 0-415-94959-9 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.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 sLatin American studies (Routledge (Firm))Information technologyPolitical aspectsDeveloping countriesInformation technologyPolitical aspectsCosta RicaInformation technologyPolitical aspectsCubaTechnology and stateDeveloping countriesTechnology and stateCosta RicaTechnology and stateCubaEconomic developmentPolitical aspectsInformation technologyPolitical aspectsInformation technologyPolitical aspectsInformation technologyPolitical aspectsTechnology and stateTechnology and stateTechnology and stateEconomic developmentPolitical aspects.303.48/33/091724Hoffmann Bert1876776MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953285703321The politics of the Internet in Third World development4488602UNINA