Emergent Global Information Infrastructure/Global Information Society: Regime Formation and the Impact on Africa

Derrick L. Cogburn

No DP2002-116, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper combines a theoretical perspective on globalization and the information society with a critical usage of international regime theory in order to contribute to a better understanding of the current historical period of transition from an international telecommunications regime to a new and complex regime aimed at providing governance for the global information infrastructure and global information society. The paper employs a case-study approach to explore some of the specific national responses (i.e.

Keywords: Economic integration; Economic policy; Public finance; Globalization; Policy sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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