The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development: Challenges in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba (Latin American Studies) - Softcover

Hoffmann, Bert

 
9780415650977: The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development: Challenges in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba (Latin American Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0415650976 ISBN 13: 9780415650977
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

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 studies.

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About the Author

Bert Hoffmann is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415650976
ISBN 13 
9780415650977
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
342

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