Edited by Herbert Kubicek, William Dutton, and Robin Williams
Edited by Herbert Kubicek, William Dutton, and Robin Williams
Campus Verlag and St. Martin's Press, 1997
This international comparative analysis provides a broad and authoritative perspective on European and American approaches to new telecommunication infrastructures - the information superhighway'. Technological advances are placed firmly in their social, political, and legal contexts, enabling this book to provide theoretical insights on the social shaping of information societies that is of value to policy and practice.
The editors have brought together an outstanding international collection of authors from Europe and North America that together span government, industry, and academia. Cahpters provide insights gained from first-hand experience and systematic observation of government and industrial initiatives from local to regional levels.