IP: looks like a very good book [ I will try to get a copy djf]

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

THE NEW INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE:
STRATEGIES FOR U.S. POLICY


William J. Drake, editor
Department of Communication
University of California, San Diego


A Twentieth Century Fund Book


448 pages, publication date September 1995


In this volume, communications and information analysts address some of
the major policy issues involved in the development of the National
Information Infrastructure (NII) and the Global Information
Infrastructure (GII).  For example:


*Will the NII be designed primarily to serve the demands of
   major corporate suppliers and customers? Or will it be flexibly
   configured so that small businesses, nonprofit organizations,
   individual users, and others can draw on networked information
   resources with the same ease as in the Internet environment?
   Should the NII be governed by a purely commercial policy model or
   by a mixed commercial/noncommercial policy model?


*What sort of balance should be struck between deregulation
   and public interest safeguards?  Is removing barriers to market entry
   and other rules sufficient to promote a truly competitive
   and open NII, or are other measures required?  Are the Clinton
   administration or the Republican-led U.S. Congress on the right track?


*As the boundaries between national economies erode with the
   spread of global networks, trade, and investment, how can
   countries move beyond separately defined and potentially
   incompatible NIIs to the development of a publicly accessible and
   fully interoperable GII ?  Can different national approaches be
   reconciled?  Are existing multilateral institutions adequate to the task
   of global governance in such arenas as telecommunications regulation
   and standardization, transborder information flows, and international
   trade in services?




----TABLE OF CONTENTS---
[an annotated version describing the chapters can be
found at http://communication.ucsd.edu/wdrake/fundbook.html]




Introduction.  "The Turning Point"
---William J. Drake, University of California, San Diego


PART I. THE NEW POLICY ENVIRONMENT


Ch. 1.  "Beyond Telecommunications Liberalization: Past Performance,
              Present Hype, and Future Direction"
---Eli M. Noam, Columbia University


Ch. 2."Information Infrastructure and the Transformation of
           Manufacturing"
---Francois Bar, University of California, San Diego


Ch. 3.  "The Globalization of Telecommunications and Information"
---Linda Garcia, U.S. Office of Technology Assessment


Appendix.  "Telecommunications Technology for the Twenty-first
                       Century"
---Richard J. Solomon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


PART II.  POLICIES FOR THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE


Ch. 4.  "Reforming the U.S. Telecommunications Policymaking
              Process"
---Henry Geller, The Markle Foundation


Ch. 5.  "Technology Policy and the National Information Infrastructure"
---Lee McKnight, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
---W. Russell Neuman, Tufts University


Ch. 6.  "The Social Consequences of Liberalization and Corporate
              Control in Telecommunications"
---Herbert S. Dordick, University of California, San Diego


PART  III. POLICIES FOR THE GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE


Ch. 7.  "Building the Global Information Highway:  Toll Booths,
              Construction Contracts, and Rules of the Road"
---Peter F. Cowhey, University of California, San Diego


Ch. 8.  "Why the Global Village Cannot Afford Information Slums"
---Bruno Lanvin, United Nations Conference on Trade and
    Development


Ch. 9.  "Multilateral Cooperation in Telecommunications:
              Implications of the Great Transformation"
---Anthony M. Rutkowski, The Internet Society


Ch. 10.  "Information Flows on the Global Infobahn:
                Toward New U.S. Policies"
---Joel R. Reidenberg, Fordham University


Ch. 11.  "International Trade in Information-based Services:
                The Uruguay Round and Beyond"
---Kalypso Nicolaidis, Harvard University


PART IV. OUTLOOK AND CONCLUSION


Ch. 12.  "The National Information Infrastructure Debate:
                 Issues, Interests, and the Congressional Process"
---William J. Drake, University of California, San Diego


Conclusion.  "Policies for the National and Global Information
                          Infrastructures"
---William J. Drake, University of California, San Diego


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