Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2440/44114
Citations | ||
Scopus | Web of Science® | Altmetric |
---|---|---|
?
|
?
|
Full metadata record
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Skuse, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cousins, T. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2007; 42(2):185-207 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-9096 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1745-2538 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/44114 | - |
dc.description | Copyright © 2007 SAGE Publications | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines rural telecommunications access and use among poor village households in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Discussion is based upon a content analysis of 165 telephone calls, as well as a broader information and communication technology (ICT) ownership, access and use survey undertaken in 50 poor households within a number of rural villages in the Mount Frere district. These data are complimented and supported by qualitative data emerging from a longer-term UK Department for International Development-funded study of ICT use and social communication practices among the urban and rural poor in South Africa. The purpose of the article is to: (i) question existing notions of telecommunications access; (ii) assess the extent to which rural inequalities are exacerbated or ameliorated by telecommunications access; and (iii) examine the extent to which telecommunications are enlisted as a strategic tool by poor households for maintaining kin-based redistributive networks and enhancing livelihood sustainability. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Andrew Skuse; Thomas Cousins | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd | - |
dc.source.uri | http://jas.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/42/2/185 | - |
dc.subject | livelihoods | - |
dc.subject | networks | - |
dc.subject | poverty | - |
dc.subject | South Africa | - |
dc.subject | telecommunications | - |
dc.title | Managing distance: Rural poverty and the promise of communication in post-apartheid South Africa | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0021909607074867 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Skuse, A. [0000-0001-6437-0092] | - |
Appears in Collections: | Anthropology & Development Studies publications Aurora harvest |
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.