World Wide Wedge: Division and Contradiction in the Global Information Infrastructure

Golding, Peter

doi:10.14452/mr-048-03-1996-07_5

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“…This echoes IngersollÕs (1993, quoted in Knox, 1995 suggestion that the key division of the workforce is now that between those who have the capacity to operate ICT (the Ôcyberprole-tariatÕ) and those who do not (the ÔlumpentrashÕ). Golding (1996) makes a similar distinction between the ÔtechnoliteratiÕ and the Ôtechno-poorÕ.…”

Section: Introduction: the Uneven Impact Of Globalisationmentioning

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Globalisation, information technology and the emergence of niche transnational cities: the growth of the call centre sector in Dublin

Breathnach

2000

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The development of information and communications technologies (ICT) has facilitated the emergence of a complex global urban system in which many formerly lower-order cities have been carving out``niche'' specialist functions serving urban ®elds of transnational dimension. This is illustrated in the case of Dublin, which in recent years has been transcending its traditional role as IrelandÕs national metropolis through the development of a range of functions servicing mainly European markets. One such function comprises pan-European telephone call centre operations. The development and characteristics of this newly-emerging sector are described. It is argued that the growth of the sector con®rms DublinÕs ± and IrelandÕs ± dependent position in the international division of labour, and that its long-term sustainability is open to question. Ó

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Section: Introduction: the Uneven Impact Of Globalisationmentioning

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Globalisation, information technology and the emergence of niche transnational cities: the growth of the call centre sector in Dublin

Breathnach

2000

Geoforum

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“…The United States has the largest with 17,902, UK having 1,395, Russia, 229, Japan 1,379, Chile 47, Kuwait 5 and China three networks linked to the net (Strasser, 1994, p. 23). In terms of users, there were, as per internet society estimates, only 0.002 users per 1000 inhabitants in India compared to 48.9 in Sweden (cited in Golding, 1996).…”

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The Case of Development Communication: Perspectives, Issues and Trends

Mathew¹

2010

Pacla

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The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of development communication. To do so, the first section focuses on the theoretical perspective and evolution of development communication. The second section deals with selected examples from the Third World, and the final section is a summary. Key words: Development communication, process,Third World, evolution.l I S S N 0 1 2 2 -8 2 8 5 l V o l u m e n 1 3 N ú m e r o 1 l J u n i o d e 2 0 1 0 -45 ResumenEl propósito de este trabajo es proporcionar una visión general de comunicación para el desarrollo. Para este fin, la primera sección se centra en la perspectiva teórica y evolución de la comunicación para el desarrollo. La segunda sección trata de ejemplos seleccionados del Tercer Mundo, y la sección final es un resumen.Palabras clave: comunicación para el desarrollo, proceso, Tercer Mundo, evolución.

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“…In the process a wide range of issues related to the impact of globalization on layers of less economic sophistication in such cities tends to be blurred out. An economic picture is portrayed in which the 'technoliterati' of the world (Golding, 1996) take centre-stage in an exclusive economic environment, while a large percentage of the 'techno-illiterati' that live in the 'information-ghettos' of the world (cities) is being marginalized. Globalisation not only impacts directly on the survival of the lagging economies of the inner and outer peripheral regions of the world, it also impacts directly on the marginal sector inside mega cities (Friedmann and Wolff, 1982;Graham, 1999;Graham and Marvin, 1996;Warf, 2000;Geyer, 2002).…”

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Policy Issues in the Urban South

Geyer

2004

Urban Dynamics and Growth: Advances in Urban Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in ABSTRACTThe process of globalisation has gone through different phases of evolution since the 1960s and has affected different parts of the South differently during each phase. This paper starts with characteristics of the current phase of global regionalization and how it impacts economically on different parts of the developing world. It explains what advantages and disadvantages the neo-liberal economic development approach hold for the South and how different parts of the South are responding to them. It shows what challenges the lagging South face in its quest to reconnect to the global economy. The paper then moves on to the concept of sustainable urban development and how the market could be made more accessible to large parts of the lagging urban South within the framework of sustainable development. It analyses the current structure of the informal urban economic sector and demonstrates how vertical integration could be achieved between the formal and informal urban economic sectors in the urban South. Finally it looks at different models of sustainable urban development and what consequences each holds for economic development in the urban South.

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World Wide Wedge: Division and Contradiction in the Global Information Infrastructure

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Globalisation, information technology and the emergence of niche transnational cities: the growth of the call centre sector in Dublin

Globalisation, information technology and the emergence of niche transnational cities: the growth of the call centre sector in Dublin

The Case of Development Communication: Perspectives, Issues and Trends

Policy Issues in the Urban South

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