Mobilizing the Information Society: Strategies for Growth and Opportunity

by Robin Mansell, W. Edward Steinmueller

Overview

This book provides a critical assessment of progress towards the Information Society. Drawing upon unique empirical data, this book lays the foundation for more useful theories of the process of change, and more effective strategies and policies for increasing the benefits from the Information Society. The authors provide insights into the social, economic, and political forces that are structuring the pathway to the Information Society-and its consequences for business and individuals in their everyday lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198295563
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/28/2000
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

London School of Economics and Political Science

University of Sussex

Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of TablesAcronymsPrologue1. Competing Interests and Strategies in the Information Society2. Social Communities: Access and Users' Capabilities3. Transforming the Infrastructure Supporting the Information Society4. Chaos in Service Innovations and Applications5. Controlling Electronic Commerce Transactions, R. Hawkins, R. Mansell, and W. E. Steinmueller6. Liberalization and the Process and Implications of Standardization, R. Hawkins, R. Mansell, and W. E. Steinmueller7. Electronic Intellectual Property and Creative Knowledge Production8. Building Trust for Virtual Communities9. Locating the Consequences of Information Society Developments10. Recapitulating the Themes and Facing the FutureReferencesSubject IndexName Index