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Third World Citizens and the Information Technology Revolution

✍ Scribed by Nivien Saleh (auth.)

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Leaves
279
Series
Information Technology and Global Governance
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
A Human Rights Approach to Globalization....Pages 1-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Telephony for the Global Economy....Pages 27-53
Introducing the Internet....Pages 55-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Bringing Poor Economies in Line....Pages 81-100
Egypt in the World Economy....Pages 101-119
Creditors Close In....Pages 121-142
The Telecom Monopolist....Pages 143-163
Egypt’s IT Stakeholders....Pages 165-185
A New Ministry for an Old Country....Pages 187-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Inferences from the Egyptian Case....Pages 209-228
Epilogue....Pages 229-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-273

✦ Subjects

International Relations; Political Sociology; Political Science; Globalization

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