ABSTRACT

An outstanding line-up of contributors explore the regulation of the internet from an interdisciplinary perspective. In-depth coverage of this controversial area such as international political economy, law, politics, economics, sociology and internet regulation. Regulating the Global Information Society covers the differences between both US and UK approaches to regulation and establishes where policy is being made that will influence the future direction of the global information society, from commercial, democratic and middle-ground perspectives.

chapter 1|40 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Theoretical perspectives

chapter 2|14 pages

The role of the public sphere in the information society

ByNICHOLAS GARNHAM

chapter 3|22 pages

In search of the self

chapter 4|12 pages

Will electronic commerce change the law?

part |2 pages

Part II The limits of telecommunications regulation

chapter 5|16 pages

How far can deregulation of telecommunications go?

ByMARTIN CAVE

chapter 7|8 pages

Commentary

chapter 8|52 pages

The rise and decline of the international telecommunications regime

ByWILLIAM J. DRAKE

chapter 9|14 pages

After Seattle

part |2 pages

Part III International self-regulation and standard setting

chapter 10|18 pages

Locating Internet governance

chapter 11|22 pages

Semi-private international rulemaking

part |2 pages

Part IV Standard setting and competition policy

chapter 12|8 pages

Will the Internet remake antitrust law?

ByMARK LEMLEY

chapter 13|20 pages

The problems of the third way

part |2 pages

Part V The limits of government regulation

chapter 14|20 pages

China’s impact on the Global Information Society

ByPERRY KELLER

chapter 15|20 pages

Freedom versus access rights in a European context

ByAD VAN LOON

chapter 16|12 pages

Pluralism, guidance and the new media

ByTHOMAS GIBBONS