The Global Political Economy of Communication : Hegemony, Telecommunication and the Information Economy (Paperback)

Foreword: Communication and International Political Economy; C.N.Murphy - Acknowledgements - List of Acronyms - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The Global Political Economy of Communication and IPE; E.A.Comor - PART 1: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES - The Information Society: Implications for Economic Institutions and Market Theory; W.H.Melody - Myth, Telecommunication and the Emerging Global Informational Order: The Political Economy of Transitions; I.C.Parker - Surveillance and the Global Political Economy; M.Hewson - PART 2: CASE STUDIES - Communication Technology and International Capitalism: The Case of DBS and US Foreign Policy; E.A.Comor - International Services Liberalisation and Indian Telecommunications Policy; S.D.McDowell - Contested Terrain: Hong Kong's International Telecommunications on the Eve of 1997; M.Mueller - PART 3: DEMOCRATIC OPTIONS - Wired World: Communications Technology, Governance and the Democratic Uprising; A.Jones - Developments in Communication and Democracy: The Contribution of Research; J.D.Halloran - Index