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The Politics of Technology in Africa - Communication, Development, and Nation-Building in Ethiopia (Paperback)
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The Politics of Technology in Africa - Communication, Development, and Nation-Building in Ethiopia (Paperback)
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As more Africans get online, information and communication
technologies (ICTs) are increasingly hailed for their
transformative potential. Yet, the fascination for the
possibilities of promoting more inclusive forms of development in
the information age have obfuscated the reality of the complex
negotiations among political and economic actors who are seeking to
use technology in their competition for power. Building on over ten
years of research in Ethiopia, Iginio Gagliardone investigates the
relationship between politics, development, and technological
adoption in Africa's second most populous country and its largest
recipient of development aid. The emphasis the book places on the
'technopolitics' of ICTs, and on their ability to embody and enact
political goals, offers a strong and empirically grounded
counter-argument to prevalent approaches to the study of technology
and development that can be applied to other cases in Africa and
beyond.
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