Third World Citizens and the Information Technology Revolution

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-28799-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 273 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Information Technology and Global Governance

This book challenges the widely-held view that the information technology (IT) revolution has empowered people in the Third World. Tracing the making of the global IT regime, it shows that governments and corporations of the wealthy countries dominated this process, systematically excluding representatives of low-income countries.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saleh, N.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Globalisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Humanist Approach to Globalization PART I: THE RULES OF THE GAME ARE FORGED Telephony for the Global Economy Introducing the Internet PART II: THE RULES OF THE GAME ARE ENFORCED Bringing Poor Economies in Line Egypt in the World Economy Creditors Close In The Telecom Monopolist Egypt's IT Stakeholders A New Ministry for an Old Country PART III: LESSONS Inferences from the Egyptian Case

Über Autor(innen)

NIVIEN SALEH Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, USA.