Microcomputers In African Development: Critical Perspectives

by Suzanne Grant Lewis

Overview

Drawing on recent research in the Sudan, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Tanzania, the contributing authors analyze broad patterns of social and political change brought about by the rapidly increasingly use of microcomputer technology in Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367171698
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Suzanne Grant Lewis (Author) , Joel Samoff (Author)

Table of Contents

Computerization as a political process, Suzanne Grant Lewis, Joel Samoff; African bureaucracy and the computer metaphor, Bruce Berman; foreign assistance agencies as advocates and innovators, John Daly; centralized planning for microcomputer adoption and use - the experience of Tanzania, S. Grant Lewis; the emergence of new social forms in the workplace - computer contracts in Kenya and Ivory Coast, Bennetta Jules-Rosette; recognizing the assumptions in microcomputer use for development planning, Craig Calhoun, Pamela deLargy; microcomputer adoption and the rise of a computer elite, S. Grant Lewis.

Editorial Reviews

Analyzes the patterns of political and social change brought about by the rapidly increasing use of microcomputer technology in such African countries as the Sudan, Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Tanzania. The seven studies represent a variety of disciplinary orientations and theoretical approaches. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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