Towards an integrated information society policy in South Africa
Subtitle: an overview of political rhetoric and policy initiatives 1994-2000
By: Leo van Audenhove
Contributors: Human Sciences Research Council. Surveys, Analyses, Modelling and Mapping Research Programme
Series: Occasional paper -- 1; Occasional paper (Human Sciences Research Council. Surveys, Analyses, Modelling and Mapping Research Programme) -- 1.
Publisher: HSRC Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9780796920232
Subjects: Government policy; Informationsgesellschaft; Information policy; Information society
Description: The information society, as a concept for post-industrial society as well as a framework for organising growth and prosperity, has become part of the public and political debate in many countries. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the concept has become widely used in popular conversation, the mass media, political discourse and academic debate, with many different meanings. The term has quickly moved up the political and policy agendas of western and developing countries, as it is believed to bring economic growth and social prosperity for all.
Notes: "Surveys, Analyses, Modelling & Mapping Research Programme"--Prelim.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-34).