Mobilizing the Information Society Strategies for Groth and Opportunity [Hardcover]

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.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms
Prologue
1. Competing Interests and Strategies in the Information Society
2. Social Communities: Access and Users' Capabilities
3. Transforming the Infrastructure Supporting the Information Society
4. Chaos in Service Innovations and Applications
5. Controlling Electronic Commerce Transactions,R. Hawkins, R. Mansell, and W. E. Steinmueller
6. Liberalization and the Process and Implications of Standardization,R. Hawkins, R. Mansell, and W. E. Steinmueller
7. Electronic Intellectual Property and Creative Knowledge Production
8. Building Trust for Virtual Communities
9. Locating the Consequences of Information Society Developments
10. Recapitulating the Themes and Facing the Future
References
Subject Index
Name Index