{"product_id":"africas-information-revolution-9781118751336","title":"Africas Information Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrica's Information Revolution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas recently announced as the2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authorsJames T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrica's Information Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConfronts 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface viii \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg) 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg) 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conclusion 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 243\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528836587863,"sku":"9781118751336","price":33.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118751336.jpg?v=1731873215","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/africas-information-revolution-9781118751336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}