The New Information Infrastructure: Strategies for U.S. Policy (A Twentieth Century Fund Book)

The telecommunications and information industries have undergone a profound transformation, driven by rapid technological change, globalization of markets, liberalisation of government policies, and new patterns of organisational control. The convergence of information businesses and functions and the formulation of government policies promoting the construction of broadband information infrastructures are taking centre stage in the U.S. and abroad. This volume suggests policy alternatives compatible with the world of advanced information infrastructures. In addition to the editor, the contributors include Francois Bar, University of California, San Diego; Albert Bressand and Catherine Distler, Promethee Institute; Peter Cowhey, University of California, San Diego; Herbert Dordick, Temple University; Linda Garcia, U.S. Office of Technology Assessment; Henry Geller, the Markle Foundation; Bruno Lanvin, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Lee McKnight, MIT; Russell Neuman, Tufts University; Kalypso Nicolaidis, Harvard University; Eli Noam, Columbia University; Richard Solomon, MIT; Joel Reidenberg, Fordham University; and Anthony Rutkowski, the Internet Society. William Drake is assistant professor of communication at the University of California, San Diego.