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Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / / James T. Murphy and Pádraig Carmody
| Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / / James T. Murphy and Pádraig Carmody |
| Autore | Murphy James T. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48330968 |
| Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - South Africa
Information technology - Economic aspects - Tanzania |
| ISBN |
1-118-75128-0
1-118-75132-9 1-118-75130-2 1-118-75131-0 |
| Classificazione | SOC042000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg); ICT4D; Electronic and Mobile E-/M-Business; The Making and Materialization of a Meta-discourse; Governance and ICT4D; ICTs as objects of ideology; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Two ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts; ICTs and (Imminent) Economic Development; ICTs, Poverty, and Immanent Development; The Prospects for Information(alized) Economies in Africa
Plugging In, to What Ends? New ICTs and the Challenge of Global Market IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Three ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework; The Limitations on Existing ICT4D Conceptual Frameworks; Conceptualizing the Contribution of ICTs to Imminent Development; Conceptualizing ICTs and Immanent Development: Sociotechnical Regimes and GPNs; Industries as Sociotechnical Regimes; Global Production Networks (GPNs) and Couplings to Industrial Regimes; Integrating the Conceptual Approaches: A Multi-scalar Framework Conceptualizing the Development Implications of ICTs: Thin and Thick IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Four ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania; Situating the Analysis: South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism and Wood Products Sectors; Methodological Approach; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Wood Products Sectors; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism Sectors; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Five ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks Contextualizing ICT Integration and its Implications for Regimes and GPN CouplingsThick Integration in Wood Products and Tourism Regimes; Thin or Thick Integration in Tanzania and South Africa?; Thintegration and its Supply-Side Drivers; Thintegration and its Demand-Side Drivers; ICT Integration in Wood Products Regimes and GPN Couplings; ICT Integration in Tourism Regimes and GPN Couplings; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Six Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs; Downgrading of African Industries: General Trends; Downgrading in Dar es Salaam Inward GPNs and Downgrading in Dar es SalaamDifferentiation in Durban; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Seven Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg); Neo-intermediation and Reconfigured GPNs in the Tourism Industry; Neo-intermediation and the Reconfiguration of Zanzibar's GPN Couplings; TripAdvisor: Center of Calculation and Site of Place Fetishization; Conclusion: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion; Notes; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Major Trends: Deepening Dependence in an Informationalized Global Economy Is Africa "Rising" Through Informationalization? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910208958003321 |
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| Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / / James T. Murphy and Pádraig Carmody
| Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / / James T. Murphy and Pádraig Carmody |
| Autore | Murphy James T. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48330968 |
| Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - South Africa
Information technology - Economic aspects - Tanzania |
| ISBN |
1-118-75128-0
1-118-75132-9 1-118-75130-2 1-118-75131-0 |
| Classificazione | SOC042000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg); ICT4D; Electronic and Mobile E-/M-Business; The Making and Materialization of a Meta-discourse; Governance and ICT4D; ICTs as objects of ideology; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Two ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts; ICTs and (Imminent) Economic Development; ICTs, Poverty, and Immanent Development; The Prospects for Information(alized) Economies in Africa
Plugging In, to What Ends? New ICTs and the Challenge of Global Market IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Three ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework; The Limitations on Existing ICT4D Conceptual Frameworks; Conceptualizing the Contribution of ICTs to Imminent Development; Conceptualizing ICTs and Immanent Development: Sociotechnical Regimes and GPNs; Industries as Sociotechnical Regimes; Global Production Networks (GPNs) and Couplings to Industrial Regimes; Integrating the Conceptual Approaches: A Multi-scalar Framework Conceptualizing the Development Implications of ICTs: Thin and Thick IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Four ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania; Situating the Analysis: South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism and Wood Products Sectors; Methodological Approach; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Wood Products Sectors; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism Sectors; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Five ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks Contextualizing ICT Integration and its Implications for Regimes and GPN CouplingsThick Integration in Wood Products and Tourism Regimes; Thin or Thick Integration in Tanzania and South Africa?; Thintegration and its Supply-Side Drivers; Thintegration and its Demand-Side Drivers; ICT Integration in Wood Products Regimes and GPN Couplings; ICT Integration in Tourism Regimes and GPN Couplings; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Six Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs; Downgrading of African Industries: General Trends; Downgrading in Dar es Salaam Inward GPNs and Downgrading in Dar es SalaamDifferentiation in Durban; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Seven Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg); Neo-intermediation and Reconfigured GPNs in the Tourism Industry; Neo-intermediation and the Reconfiguration of Zanzibar's GPN Couplings; TripAdvisor: Center of Calculation and Site of Place Fetishization; Conclusion: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion; Notes; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Major Trends: Deepening Dependence in an Informationalized Global Economy Is Africa "Rising" Through Informationalization? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820469103321 |
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Murphy James T.
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| Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African environmental crisis : a history of science for development / / Gufu Oba
| African environmental crisis : a history of science for development / / Gufu Oba |
| Autore | Oba Gufu |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 243 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.72096 |
| Collana | Routledge studies in African development |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Environmental aspects - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-00-300216-1
1-000-05589-2 1-003-00216-1 |
| Classificazione | SOC042000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | African environmental crisis : Is it a myth : an introduction -- European exploration of East Africa : textual analysis of travel narratives, 1831- -- Imperial scientific infrastructure : science for development, 1848-1960s -- African environmental crisis narratives : schemes, technology and development, 1904- -- Experimental science and development : a re-evaluation of the environmental crisis hypothesis, 1939- -- Social science research : behavioral responses to development, 1919- -- Administrative science for development dialogue : three Kenyan case studies, 1943- -- Tsetse fly control in East Africa : environmental and social impacts, 1880- -- Locust invasion and control in East Africa : economic and environmental impacts, 1890-1960s -- A synthesis : Conclusions and epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910737282403321 |
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Oba Gufu
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| 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries : Gender Justice and Norm Change / / editors, Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Anita Ghimire, Rachel Marcus, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya
| Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries : Gender Justice and Norm Change / / editors, Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones, Anita Ghimire, Rachel Marcus, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya |
| Autore | Harper Caroline |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 208 pages) : illustrations, figures, maps, tables; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 305.2352091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Gender identity Sex discrimination African & Third World Politics Gender & Development Gender Inequality |
| ISBN |
1-351-71878-9
1-351-71879-7 1-138-74716-5 |
| Classificazione | SOC042000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part, 1 Ethiopia -- chapter Introduction -- The significance of adolescence in the life course / Nicola Jones Elizabeth Presler-Marshall Fiona Samuels -- chapter 1 What can a focus on gender norms contribute to girls’ empowerment? / Caroline Harper Rachel Marcus -- chapter 2 ‘Sticky’ gendered norms -- Change and stasis in the patterning of child marriage in Amhara, Ethiopia / Nicola Jones Bekele Tefera Guday Emirie Elizabeth Presler-Marshall -- chapter 3 The politics of policy and programme implementation to advance adolescent girls’ well-being in Ethiopia / Nicola Jones Elizabeth Presler-Marshall Bekele Tefera Bethelihem Gebre Alwab -- part, 2 Uganda -- chapter 4 The paradox of change and continuity in social norms and practices affecting adolescent girls’ capabilities and transitions to adulthood in rural Uganda / Carol Watson Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi -- chapter 5 From national laws and policies to local programmes -- Obstacles and opportunities in communications for adolescent girls’ empowerment in Uganda / Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi Carol Watson -- part, 3 Viet Nam -- chapter 6 Intersecting inequalities -- The impact of gender norms on Hmong adolescent girls’ education, marriage and work in Viet Nam / Nicola Jones Elizabeth Presler-Marshall Tran Thi Van Anh -- chapter 7 Triple invisibility -- The neglect of ethnic minority adolescent girls in Viet Nam / Nicola Jones Elizabeth Presler-Marshall Tran Thi Van Anh -- part, 4 Nepal -- chapter 8 Small but persistent steps on the road to gender equality -- Marriage patterns in Far West Nepal / Fiona Samuels Anita Ghimire -- chapter 9 Continuity and slow change -- How embedded programmes improve the lives of adolescent girls / Fiona Samuels Anita Ghimire Matthew Maclure -- chapter 10 Conclusion -- Pushing the boundaries of social order: adolescent girls and norm change / Caroline Harper Rachel Marcus. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910261125203321 |
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Harper Caroline
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| 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Learning the city [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge and translocal assemblage / / Colin McFarlane
| Learning the city [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge and translocal assemblage / / Colin McFarlane |
| Autore | McFarlane Colin <1979-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 218 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 303.32 |
| Collana | RGS-IBG book series |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - Social aspects
Social learning Social epistemology |
| ISBN |
9781444343434 (e-book)
9781405192828 (hbk.) 1-283-17825-7 9786613178251 1-4443-4343-2 1-4443-4340-8 |
| Classificazione | SOC042000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1 Learning Assemblages; Introduction; Translation: Distribution, Practice and Comparison; Coordinating Learning; Dwelling and Perception; Assemblage Space; Conclusion -- 2 Assembling the Everyday: Incremental Urbanism and Tactical Learning; Introduction; Incremental Urbanism; Learning the Unknown City: Street Children in Mumbai; Learning, Rhythm, Space; Tactical Learning; Conclusion -- 3 Learning Social Movements: Tactics, Urbanism and Politics; Introduction; Knowing Social Movements; Global Slumming; The Housing Assemblage: Materializing Learning; Learning and Representation: Counting the Poor; Entrepreneurial Learning; Conclusion -- 4 Urban Learning Forums; Introduction; Uncertain Forums; Dialogic Urban Forums; Translocalism and Translation; Conclusion -- 5 Travelling Policies, Ideological Assemblages; Introduction; Translating Policy; Comparative Learning: Translation and Colonial Urbanism; Ideology and Postwar Urban Planning; Neoliberal Urban Learning Assemblages; Ideology and Explanation: Beyond Diffusionist Story-Making; Conclusion -- 6 A Critical Geography of Urban Learning; Introduction; The Actual and the Possible; Agency and Critical Learning; Assemblage and the Critical Learning Imaginary; Postcolonial Urban Learning?; Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139623003321 |
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McFarlane Colin <1979->
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| Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Learning the city : knowledge and translocal assemblage / / Colin McFarlane
| Learning the city : knowledge and translocal assemblage / / Colin McFarlane |
| Autore | McFarlane Colin <1979-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 218 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 303.32 |
| Collana | RGS-IBG book series |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - Social aspects
Social learning Social epistemology |
| ISBN |
9781444343434 (e-book)
9781405192828 (hbk.) 1-283-17825-7 9786613178251 1-4443-4343-2 1-4443-4340-8 |
| Classificazione | SOC042000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1 Learning Assemblages; Introduction; Translation: Distribution, Practice and Comparison; Coordinating Learning; Dwelling and Perception; Assemblage Space; Conclusion -- 2 Assembling the Everyday: Incremental Urbanism and Tactical Learning; Introduction; Incremental Urbanism; Learning the Unknown City: Street Children in Mumbai; Learning, Rhythm, Space; Tactical Learning; Conclusion -- 3 Learning Social Movements: Tactics, Urbanism and Politics; Introduction; Knowing Social Movements; Global Slumming; The Housing Assemblage: Materializing Learning; Learning and Representation: Counting the Poor; Entrepreneurial Learning; Conclusion -- 4 Urban Learning Forums; Introduction; Uncertain Forums; Dialogic Urban Forums; Translocalism and Translation; Conclusion -- 5 Travelling Policies, Ideological Assemblages; Introduction; Translating Policy; Comparative Learning: Translation and Colonial Urbanism; Ideology and Postwar Urban Planning; Neoliberal Urban Learning Assemblages; Ideology and Explanation: Beyond Diffusionist Story-Making; Conclusion -- 6 A Critical Geography of Urban Learning; Introduction; The Actual and the Possible; Agency and Critical Learning; Assemblage and the Critical Learning Imaginary; Postcolonial Urban Learning?; Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811955503321 |
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McFarlane Colin <1979->
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| Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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