Understanding the impact of global networks on local social, political and cultural values
Subtitle: first symposium of the German American Academic Council's project ..., Dresden, February 18-20, 1999
By: Christoph Engel, Kenneth H. Keller (eds.).
Contributors: Engel, Christoph, 1956-; Keller, Kenneth H. ed.; German-American Academic Council Foundation.
Series: Law and economics of international telecommunications,; v. 42.
Publisher: Nomos
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baden-Baden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Computer networks -- Social aspects.; Computer networks -- Political aspects.; Computer networks -- Economic aspects.; Globalization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Global networks and local values / Wolfgang Kersting; title: Predicting the unpredictable - technology and society / David J. Farber; title: The internet and the economics of network technology evolution / Paul A. David; title: The commercialization of the internet. A progress report / Michael Hutter; title: Networking the web / Dirk Baecker; title: Global networks and local cultures: what are the mismatches and what can be done about them? / Michael Thompson; title: Cultural diversity or global monoculture. The Information Age in India / Kenneth Keniston; title: Information networks and global politics / Miles Kahler; title: The impact of information networks on the structure of political systems / Raymund Werle; title: The impact of the internet on sovereignty: unfound and real worries / Saskia Sassen; title: The internet and the nation state / Christoph Engel; title: Global networks and local values / Lorenz Müller.