Africa's Information Revolution

ebook ∣ Technical Regimes and Production Networks in South Africa and Tanzania · RGS-IBG Book

By James T. Murphy

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9781118751329

Series

RGS-IBG Book

Author

James T. Murphy

Publisher

Wiley

Release

20 January 2015

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Sociology Nonfiction

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Africa's Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authors James T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody!

Africa's Information Revolution presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind
  • Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development
  • Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa
  • Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continent's recent economic growth spurt
  • Combines perspectives from economic and development geography and science and technology studies to demonstrate the power of integrated conceptual-theoretical frameworks
  • Include maps, photos, diagrams and tables to highlight the concepts, field research settings, and key findings

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781118751329

    Series

    RGS-IBG Book

    Author

    James T. Murphy

    Publisher

    Wiley

    Release

    20 January 2015

    Share

    Subjects

    Sociology Nonfiction
    Africa's Information Revolution