Discusses the politics of internationalism and the ideology which is central to understanding the division of the world into the information-rich and information-poor countries. Tells the story of the continuing struggle by the poor countries for a stake in the information age, and analyzes the challenge posed by information and information technology in the developing world. A useful text for students of communications, journalism, and political science.

Rodney claimed developing countries were heirs to uneven development and ethnic disequilibrium and was disturbed by the inability of intellectuals to share a common cause with the masses. He sought to lift the Caribbean people from the victimization of history and the poverty of material circumstance.