The Global Political Economy of Communication

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: The Global Political Economy of Communication and IPE

   1. Introduction: The Global Political Economy of Communication and IPE

      • Edward A. Comor

      Pages 1-18

3. Critical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. The Information Society: Implications for Economic Institutions and Market Theory

      • William H. Melody

      Pages 21-36

   3. Myth, Telecommunication and the Emerging Global Informational Order: The Political Economy of Transitions

      • Ian C. Parker

      Pages 37-60

   4. Surveillance and the Global Political Economy

      • Martin Hewson

      Pages 61-80

4. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Communication Technology and International Capitalism: The Case of DBS and US Foreign Policy

      • Edward A. Comor

      Pages 83-102

   3. International Services Liberalisation and Indian Telecommunications Policy

      • Stephen D. McDowell

      Pages 103-124

   4. Contested Terrain: Hong Kong’s International Telecommunications on the Eve of 1997

      • Milton Mueller

      Pages 125-142

5. Democratic Options

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Wired World: Communications Technology, Governance and the Democratic Uprising

      • Adam Jones

      Pages 145-164

   3. Developments in Communication and Democracy: The Contribution of Research

      • James D. Halloran

      Pages 165-185

6. Back Matter

   Pages 187-193

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This collection examines the theoretical, analytical and political implications of global developments involving telecommunications and related technologies. The book's contributors - from fields such as economics, political science and communication studies - relate research on the political economy of communication with the work of international political economy scholars. The book stimulates cross-disciplinary debates among readers in these and other areas in order to, first, critically evaluate recent global developments involving communications and, second, to encourage the development of a more holistic and inclusive approach to these and related issues.

• communication
• communication studies
• democracy
• economy
• foreign policy
• Governance
• hegemony
• information
• information society
• Institution
• Policy
• political economy
• political science
• telecommunications
• transition

• School of International Service, The American University, Washington, DC, USA

  Edward A. Comor

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