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GLOBALISATION, ICT AND DEVELOPING NATIONS
CHALLENGES IN THE INFORMATION AGE |
| By: |
Sumit Roy |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£14.40 |
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| ISBN 10: |
8132103483 |
| ISBN 13: |
9788132103486 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD |
| Pub. date: |
11 April, 2009 |
| Pages: |
245 |
| Synopsis: |
`[This] book has an original approach and fresh analytical and policy insights, is cogent and well argued, therefore will be of interest to students and teachers of globalisation, economics, new media, development studies, politics and international relations' - Business India`The volume with its new approach and fresh analytical and policy insights will be helpful manual to scholars interested in globalisation and international relations. Copious notes and references at the end of each chapter add to its usefulness. The work addresses a wide range of readers, researchers, the media and those concerned with international political economy and development' - World AffairsThis comparative study of the political economies of East and South Asia and Africa offers new analytical and policy insights into the links between globalization and information and communication technology (ICT).The author explores the replacement of state institutions by non-state ones; analyzes the prospects of developing regions sharing the gains of globalization; and explains the relationship between new technology and development. He also demonstrates how new ICT policies can pave the way for innovations, increased production and rapid diffusions of ideas in technology.Key features of Globalisation, ICT and Developing Nations are:- it discusses the concepts and policies underscoring the shift from state to non-state institutions in furthering the impetus of globalisation and also its implications for development;- it explores the scope of different developing regions to participate in globalisation based on camparision of their experiences of growth and development.- it explores the ways in which policies on ICT can be both a challenge and a unique opportunity for paving the way to for development.Sumit Roy is Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Economics, City University, London. |
| Publication: |
India |
| Imprint: |
SAGE India |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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