This book challenges the widely-held view that the information technology (IT) revolution has empowered people in the Third World. Tracing the making of the global IT regime, it shows that governments and corporations of the wealthy countries dominated this process, systematically excluding representatives of low-income countries.

Autorentext
NIVIEN SALEH Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, USA.

Inhalt
A Humanist Approach to Globalization PART I: THE RULES OF THE GAME ARE FORGED Telephony for the Global Economy Introducing the Internet PART II: THE RULES OF THE GAME ARE ENFORCED Bringing Poor Economies in Line Egypt in the World Economy Creditors Close In The Telecom Monopolist Egypt's IT Stakeholders A New Ministry for an Old Country PART III: LESSONS Inferences from the Egyptian Case