NetPolicy.Com : public agenda for a digital world / Leslie David Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Leslie David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Government policy.

Internet.

Telecommunication policy.

Electronic commerce--Government policy.

Electronic commerce.

Digital communications--Government policy.

Digital communications.

Government policy.

Physical Description:

xix, 442 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Public agenda for a digital world.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This work offers a panoramic view of the Internet's cyclonic effects on national and global institutions, ranging from government and finance to health care, education and industry. To cope with this digital revolution, the author provides a comprehensive prescription for crucial public policy needs. Beginning with the worldwide struggle between government control and privates sector leadership of the Net, he looks at the basic properties of the Net: its disregard of national boundaries; its virtual nature; and its impact on the global economy, democracy, money, power, ecology and culture. The book asks how we can encourage the healthy growth of the Net and avoid its darker side effects. Examining the current approaches of numerous governments and international organizations, this book covers such critical issues as privacy, free expression, access, international trade, security, taxation, telecommunications legislation, legal frameworks, and government research.

Contents:

Preface

Pt. I. The net and its impact. 1. The net defined ; 2. Properties of the digital world ; 3. Megaconvergence: government and social services ; 4. Megaconvergence: finanacial services, commerce, and industry

Pt. II. Public policy issues. 5. Digital democracy ; 6. Digital economics ; 7. Physical and technical infrastructure ; 8. Legal framework ; 9. Research and the national interest

Pt. III. Governance, public and private. 10. The U.S. Government ; 11. Governments worldwide ; 12. International organizations and programs ; 13. The private sector

Conclusion: Lessons for the future

Notes

Selected bibliography

About the author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-428) and index.

ISBN:

1930365020

1930365039

OCLC:

45645029