Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania

Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / James T. Murphy, Padraig Carmody.

"Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Murphy, James T. (Author), Carmody, Pádraig Risteard (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
Subjects:
Information technology > Economic aspects > South Africa.
Information technology > Economic aspects > Tanzania.
Telecommunication > Economic aspects > South Africa.
Telecommunication > Economic aspects > Tanzania.
Economic development > South Africa.
Economic development > Tanzania.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Developing Countries.
Economic development
Economic history
Information technology > Economic aspects
Telecommunication > Economic aspects
South Africa > Economic conditions.
Tanzania > Economic conditions.
South Africa
Tanzania
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Summary:"Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development"--
Item Description:Machine generated contents note: Series Editors' Preface viii Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi Introduction xiii 1 ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg) 1 2 ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts 25 3 ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework 47 4 ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania 73 5 ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks 113 6 Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs 147 7 Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg) 176 8 Conclusion 200 References 215 Index 243.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118751305
1118751302
9781118751312
1118751310
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

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