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  1. Scars of partition
    postcolonial legacies in French and British borderlands
    Author: Miles, William F. S.
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0803248326; 0803267711; 080326772X; 9780803248328; 9780803267718; 9780803267725; 9780803267732
    Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; Entwicklungsländer; Geschichte; Kolonie; Postcolonialism; Postcolonialism; Partition, Territorial; Developing countries; Decolonization; Decolonization; Neugliederung; Entkolonialisierung; Postkolonialismus
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    "Based on three decades of fieldwork throughout the developing world, Scars of Partition is the first book to systematically evaluate the long-term implications of French and British styles of colonialism and decolonization for ordinary people throughout the so-called Third World. It pays particular attention to the contemporary legacies of artificial boundaries superimposed by Britain and France that continue to divide indigenous peoples into separate postcolonial states. In so doing, it uniquely illustrates how the distinctive stamps of France and Britain continue to mark daily life along and behind these inherited borders in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Caribbean. Scars of Partition draws on political science, anthropology, history, and geography to examine six cases of indigenous, indentured, and enslaved peoples partitioned by colonialism in West Africa, West Indies, South Pacific, Southeast Asia, South India, and the Indian Ocean. William F. S. Miles demonstrates that sovereign nations throughout the developing world, despite basic differences in culture, geography, and politics, still bear the underlying imprint of their colonial pasts. Disentangling and appreciating these embedded colonial legacies is critical to achieving full decolonization--particularly in their borderlands"--
  2. ICTs and development
    what is missing?
    Author: Rosenberger, Sascha
    Published: [2014]
    Publisher:  IEE - Institute of Development Research and Development Policy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum

    A review of literature indicates that most approaches emphasize bridging the digital divide, an approach focused solely on material gaps. However, the digital divide is perhaps the last of many, preceded by social, educational, economic, knowledge,... more

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    Fachinformationsverbund Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
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    German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bibliothek
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    only online
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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    DS 607 (203)
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    A review of literature indicates that most approaches emphasize bridging the digital divide, an approach focused solely on material gaps. However, the digital divide is perhaps the last of many, preceded by social, educational, economic, knowledge, and motivational divides. This stems from an incomplete assessment of the underlying characteristics of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), which helps to perpetuate positivist approaches to technology deployment between social groups inside countries, as well as between countries. ICT4D is therefore seen as a misnomer that puts undue pressure on developing countries and neglects the responsibilities of actors in developed countries. The application of the notions of freedom, as presented by Sen and Stallman, in the analysis of ICT4D prompts for a more thorough consideration of the characteristics of technology being pushed for use in developing countries. This leads to the conclusion that common ICT4D approaches could reinforce developing countries’ dependence on foreign actors and delay or entirely prevent the development of locally relevant and empowering solutions.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783927276895
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    hdl: 10419/183557
    RVK Categories: QP 210
    Series: IEE working papers ; volume 203 (2014)
    Subjects: Informationstechnik; Entwicklung; Digitale Spaltung; Freiheit; Entwicklungsländer; Informationstechnik; Kommunikationstechnik; Digitale Spaltung; Selbsthilfeförderung; Sozioökonomischer Wandel; Entwicklungsländer; Developing countries
    Scope: Online Ressource (28 S.)
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