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Microcomputers in African development : critical perspectives
Title
Microcomputers in African development : critical perspectives / Suzanne Grant Lewis.
ISBN
0429051689
0429694342
0429714351
0429734360
9780429051685
9780429694349
9780429714351
9780429734366
Edition
1st.
Publication
London : Routledge, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Suzanne Grant Lewis (Author) , Joel Samoff (Author)
Summary
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.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
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.
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