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Launching into cyberspace : Internet development and politics in five world regions / Marcus Franda.
LIBRA JZ1254 .F73 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franda, Marcus F.
- Series:
- Ipolitics
- IPolitics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Technological innovations.
- Internet.
- International relations--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Internet and World Politics 1
- 1 Thin Cyberspace in Africa and the LDCs 7
- Globalization and Interdependence 9
- The Internet and the Gap Between Rich and Poor 11
- New Internet Communicators and Nongovernmental Organizations 18
- The Role of International Business 23
- The Internet and World Government 26
- The Internet Regime and International Relations 29
- 2 Internet Cultures in Israel and the Arab World 41
- Israel as a High-Tech Enclave 43
- Internet Development in Israel 47
- Information Technology in the Arab Middle East 52
- Inertia and Restraint in Internet and IT Development 54
- Building Internet Infrastructures and Backbone 57
- 3 The Middle East and the Global Internet Regime 67
- Internet Restrictions and Filtering 67
- Getting Middle Eastern Governments Online 71
- Online Business and Commerce in the Middle East 73
- Islamic and Arab Nationalist Websites 76
- Arab-Israeli Relations on the Internet 80
- The Middle East and the Nascent International Regime for the Internet 83
- 4 Information Technology and Political Cultures in Eurasia 97
- IT Development and the Failure of Soviet Communism 98
- Legacies of Soviet Rule and Telecommunications Infrastructures in the FSU 101
- Internet Development in Russia 106
- E-Commerce and Investment 110
- Russia's "Information Security Doctrine," 112
- Internet Development in Other FSU Nations 114
- Internet Cultures in Central Asia and the Caucasus 118
- 5 The Political Economy of the Internet in Eastern Europe 129
- Telecommunications Infrastructures in Eastern Europe 130
- Approaches to Privatization: Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland 132
- EU Membership and Information Technology Investments 137
- Internet Development in the Baltics 141
- Internet Growth in Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland 143
- Internet Use in Slovenia and Slovakia 146
- 6 Internet Politics in the Former Soviet Union and Other Central/Eastern European States 159
- Alternative Prospects for the Internet in Albania and Romania 159
- The Former Yugoslavia and Internet Development 166
- International Regime Issues in the FSU and Central/Eastern Europe 175
- 7 China and India as Potential Internet Superpowers 187
- Basic PRC Policy: Encouragement and Control 188
- PRC Accommodation to the International Regime 191
- PRC Security Concerns 197
- PRC Aspirations for an Independent Chinese Internet Regime 198
- Building a Uniquely Chinese Internet 202
- Internet Development in India 203
- Liberalization Policies and Foreign Investment 205
- India's Lead in Software Technology 209
- Software Development in China 212
- Indian Perceptions of Security/National Interests and the Internet 214
- India and the International Regime for the Internet 218
- 8 The Internet in Comparative International Perspective 227
- The Internet, Sovereignty, and Democracy 228
- International Political Economy, the Internet, and Globalization 236
- Perspectives on Future Development 240.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1588260127
- 1588260372
- OCLC:
- 46866300
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