LEADER 03846oam 2200793I 450 001 9910450990603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-93157-7 010 $a1-135-93158-5 010 $a1-280-23629-9 010 $a9786610236299 010 $a0-203-33535-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203335352 035 $a(CKB)1000000000252746 035 $a(EBL)199655 035 $a(OCoLC)437059565 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224156 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210359 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224156 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10225573 035 $a(PQKB)10020363 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199655 035 $a(PPN)198452802 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199655 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162945 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL23629 035 $a(OCoLC)252733382 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000252746 100 $a20180706d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of the Internet in Third World development $echallenges in contrasting regimes with case studies of Costa Rica and Cuba /$fBert Hoffmann 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 225 1 $aLatin American studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65097-6 311 $a0-415-94959-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Third World. Whereas the concept of the 'digital divide' tends to focus on technological and quantitative indicators, this work stresses the crucial role played by the political regime type, the pursued development model and the specific configuration of actors and decision-making dynamics. Two starkly contrasting Third World countries, state-socialist Cuba and the Latin America's ""show-case democracy"" Costa Rica, were chosen for two in-depth empirical country s 410 0$aLatin American studies (Routledge (Firm)) 606 $aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects$zDeveloping countries 606 $aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects$zCosta Rica 606 $aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects$zCuba 606 $aTechnology and state$zDeveloping countries 606 $aTechnology and state$zCosta Rica 606 $aTechnology and state$zCuba 606 $aEconomic development$xPolitical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aInformation technology$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTechnology and state 615 0$aTechnology and state 615 0$aTechnology and state 615 0$aEconomic development$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a303.48/33/091724 700 $aHoffmann$b Bert.$0987009 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450990603321 996 $aThe politics of the Internet in Third World development$92255546 997 $aUNINA