Global networks and local values : a comparative look at Germany and the United States /

Global networks and local values : a comparative look at Germany and the United States /

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Corporate author / creator:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Study Global Networks and Local Values.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2001.
Description:xv, 241 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Compass series
Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Subject:
Information networks -- Social aspects -- Germany.
Information networks -- Social aspects -- United States.
Internet -- Political aspects.
Privacy, Right of.
Computer networks -- Economic aspects.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Information networks -- Social aspects.
Internet -- Political aspects.
Privacy, Right of.
Germany.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4670192
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Other authors / contributors:Dam, Kenneth W.
ISBN:0309073103
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Introduction and Context
  • 1.1. Aims of This Report
  • 1.2. Background
  • 1.3. This Study
  • 1.4. Germany and the United States: Some Contrasts
  • 1.5. Structure of This Report
  • 2. The Evolution of Global Networks
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Evolution and Design of Global Telecommunications Network
  • 2.3. The Value Dimension of Networks
  • 2.4. Global Networks and Changing Values: Toward Convergence or Divergence?
  • 3. Understanding Local Values and How They are Affected by Global Networks
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Are Values Always the Issue?
  • 3.3. The Function of Values
  • 3.4. The Locality of Values
  • 3.5. The Legitimacy of Values
  • 3.6. The Impact of Global Networks on Values
  • 4. Democracy and Political Institutions
  • 4.1. Democracy, Political Institutions, and Power
  • 4.2. The Impact of the Internet on Democracy, Political Institutions, and Power
  • 4.3. Constitutional Policy
  • 5. Free Speech and the Internet
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. The Values Involved in Free Speech
  • 5.3. Common and Different Traditions and the Internet
  • 5.4. Operationalizing the Regulatory Goal
  • 5.5. Internet Content Regulation as a Challenge to Governance
  • 6. Privacy and Freedom of Information
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Privacy
  • 6.3. Freedom of Information
  • 6.4. Note Added in Proof
  • 7. The Impact of Globale E-Commerce on Local Values
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Commerce and Values
  • 7.3. The Impact of E-Commerce on Local Commercial Values
  • 7.4. Effects on Local Commercial Values
  • 7.5. The Impact of E-Commerce on Global Networks
  • 7.6. The Impact of E-Commerce on Local, Social, and Political Values
  • 8. Governance in Cyberspace: Multi-Level and Multi-Actor Constitutionalism
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Governance
  • 9. Information Networks and Culture
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Cultural Hegemony
  • 9.3. Global Networks and Class Issues
  • 9.4. Public and Private Spaces
  • 9.5. Generational Phenomena
  • 10. Principles and Conclusions
  • 10.1. Governments and the Evolution of Local Values
  • 10.2. Democracy
  • 10.3. Regulatory Structure
  • 10.4. Free Speech
  • 10.5. Privacy
  • 10.6. Freedom of Information
  • 10.7. Technology Development
  • 10.8. Culture and Technology
  • Appendix. Biographies

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