The New Information Infrastructure: Strategies for U. S. Policy Book

	Foreword
	Executive Summary
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: The Turning Point	1
Ch. 1	Beyond Telecommunications Liberalization: Past Performance, Present Hype, and Future Direction	31
Ch. 2	Information Infrastructure and the Transformation of Manufacturing	55
Ch. 3	The Globalization of Telecommunications and Information	75
	Appendix: Telecommunications Technology for the Twenty-first Century	93
Ch. 4	Reforming the U.S. Telecommunications Policymaking Process	115
Ch. 5	Technology Policy and the National Information Infrastructure	137
Ch. 6	The Social Consequences of Liberalization and Corporate Control in Telecommunications	155
Ch. 7	Building the Global Information Highway: Toll Booths, Construction Contracts, and Rules of the Road	175
Ch. 8	Why the Global Village Cannot Afford Information Slums	205
Ch. 9	Multilateral Cooperation in Telecommunications: Implications of the Great Transformation	223
Ch. 10	Information Flows on the Global Infobahn: Toward New U.S. Policies	251
Ch. 11	International Trade in Information-Based Services: The Uruguay Round and Beyond	269
Ch. 12	The National Information Infrastructure Debate: Issues, Interests, and the Congressional Process	305
	Conclusion: Policies for the National and Global Information Infrastructures	345
	Notes	379
	Index	429
	About the Authors	445