The Politics of Technology in Africa: Communication, Development, and Nation-Building in Ethiopia

ISBN-13: 9781107177857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 190 str.

Iginio Gagliardone

Opis

Gagliardone explores the relationship between politics, development and technological adoption in Africa for scholars of development studies, African studies and political science.

Recenzje

'For anyone interested in the complexities and contradictions of ICT for development in Africa, this book offers a fresh approach to the topic. I recommend this book to researchers engaged in national or comparative research as it offers a strong empirical model for how to conduct this kind of research without losing sight of the larger implications.' Melissa Tully, Information Technologies and International Development

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Technopolitics, communication technologies and development; 3. Avoiding politics: international and local discourses on ICTs; 4. A quest for hegemony: the use of ICTs in support of the Ethiopian national project; 5. Ethiopia's developmental and sovereign technopolitical regimes; 6. Resisting alternative technopolitical regimes; 7. ICT for development, human rights and the changing geopolitical order; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography.