Leapfrogging Development?: The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring - Couverture rigide

Singh, J. P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0791442934 ISBN 13 : 9780791442937

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1999

Synopsis

Examines how developing countries have restructured their telecommunications in order to "leapfrog" or accelerate development.

Telecommunications restructurings are now seen as important barometers in the shift among developing countries toward market-based economies. They are often posited as helping developing countries "leapfrog," or accelerate their pace of development, and "connect" with the world economy. This book shows that most states in developing countries are unable to resolve the myriad pressures they face in restructuring important sectors like telecommunications to effect accelerated or "leapfrogging" development.

The scope, pace, and sequencing of restructuring varies according to how different types of states respond to micro sub-sectoral pressures or to macro-level pressures from coalitions of groups. After examining seven generalizable cases (Singapore, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, China, Brazil, Myanmar), the book examines India as an in-depth "most likely case." Leapfrogging Development? proposes a unique framework that shows how groups and coalitions articulate development preferences and how different types of states respond to or shape these preferences.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

J. P. Singh is Assistant Professor at the School of International Service, American University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791442934
• ISBN 13: 9780791442937
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
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