Middle East and North Africa

Middle East and North Africa
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004444971

Middle East and North Africa: Climate, Culture, and Conflicts – too hot to handle? The volume offers an account of ideas, historical case studies and current debates on climate change and its consequences from perspectives of eco-theology, archeology, history, geography, political science and technology.

Internet Histories

Internet Histories
Author: Niels Brügger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1351336096

In 2017, the new journal Internet Histories was founded. As part of the process of defining a new field, the journal editors approached leading scholars in this dynamic, interdisciplinary area. This book is thus a collection of eighteen short thought-provoking pieces, inviting discussion about Internet histories. They raise and suggest current and future issues in the scholarship, as well as exploring the challenges, opportunities, and tensions that underpin the research terrain. The book explores cultural, political, social, economic, and industrial dynamics, all part of a distinctive historiographical and theoretical approach which underpins this emerging field. The international specialists reflect upon the scholarly scene, laying out the field’s research successes to date, as well as suggest the future possibilities that lie ahead in the field of Internet histories. While the emphasis is on researcher perspectives, interviews with leading luminaries of the Internet’s development are also provided. As histories of the Internet become increasingly important, Internet Histories is a useful roadmap for those contemplating how we can write such works. One cannot write many histories of the 1990s or later without thinking of digital media – and we hope that Internet Histories will be an invaluable resource for such studies. This book was originally published as the first issue of the Internet Histories journal.

The Global Information Society

The Global Information Society
Author: William J. Martin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351888889

Today, information and the technologies that store and disseminate it are producing deep-rooted and widespread changes in society - changes of the same magnitude as those that occurred during the Industrial Revolution. The purpose of this book is to give a complete picture of the information society by examining in detail the social, economic, political, and cultural roles of information and information technology. This book is effectively a second edition of the author's classic The Information Society. In it, the author illustrates the major trends in and inter-relationships between information, information and communication technologies, and the global economy and society. In tracing the direction of information-based change he reveals the implications for ordinary citizens, for the quality of everyday life, for economic and social activity, and examines the prospects of nations and trading blocs. This book provides a new way of looking at society, one that is essential for understanding social and economic structures and processes in the information age.

Mapping Sustainability

Mapping Sustainability
Author: Nazli Choucri
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2007-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 140206070X

This book focuses on three interdependent challenges related to managing transitions toward sustainable development. These are: mapping sustainability for global knowledge e-networking, extending the value chain of knowledge and e-networking, and engaging in explorations of new methods and venues for further developing knowledge and e-networking. While each of these challenges constitutes fundamentally different types of endeavors, they are highly interconnected. Jointly, they contribute to our expansion of knowledge and its applications in support of transitions toward sustainable development.

The New Economy in Development

The New Economy in Development
Author: A. D'Costa
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2006-09-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230287700

The New Economy in Development presents conceptual and empirical analyses of the opportunities offered by information and communications technologies (ICT). Contributors include scholars and policy makers from international organizations, and the chapters include understudied cases from Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.

ICT Acceptance, Investment and Organization: Cultural Practices and Values in the Arab World

ICT Acceptance, Investment and Organization: Cultural Practices and Values in the Arab World
Author: Abdallah, Salam
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2010-10-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1609600509

"This book is a unique source of information outlining the importance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) adoption and diffusion, covering the Arab world's strong need for access to information systems, while still paying close attention to their culture and localization of practices"--Provided by publisher.

ESCWA ...

ESCWA ...
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2003
Genre: Middle East
ISBN: