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An Ethical Global Information Society

Culture and democracy revisited

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Jacques Berleur

    1. Computing Science Faculty, University of Namur, Belgium

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  2. Diane Whitehouse

    1. London Business School, London, UK

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  4. Global Information Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. The global information society: Some reflections on labour and work

      • Libby Bishop
      Pages 69-74

    3. Global digital commerce: Impacts and risks for developments of global information societies

      • Klaus Brunnstein, Kathrin Schier
      Pages 75-82

    4. Going to the future

      • Bo Dahlbom
      Pages 83-95

    5. Moving towards the millennium: Will information technology take democracy into the 21st century?

      • Karin Geiselhart
      Pages 96-102

    6. Information assets as a platform for economic growth

      • Ernest Jordan, Janice Burn
      Pages 103-111

    7. Technology, economic development, and sustainability: The case of Latin America

      • Jorge Martínez-Contreras, Raúl Gutiérrez-Lombardo, Marcela Lombardo-Otero
      Pages 112-121
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About this book

Many challenges lie ahead in the development of a global information society. Culture and democracy are two areas which may be under particular threat. The book reflects on today's complex and uncertain cultural and democratic developments arising as a result of an increasingly global, technologically-connected world. In particular it focuses on the Internet, examining new metaphors for communication, defining the issues at stake and proposing options, actions and solutions. Among the issues discussed were: multi-cultural developments; cultural sensitivities and the involvement of cultural minorities; generation gaps; gender issues; technology access for the elderly and the disabled; technology transfer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Computing Science Faculty, University of Namur, Belgium

    Jacques Berleur

  • London Business School, London, UK

    Diane Whitehouse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Ethical Global Information Society

  • Book Subtitle: Culture and democracy revisited

  • Editors: Jacques Berleur, Diane Whitehouse

  • Series Title: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35327-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-82960-4Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-5181-9Published: 19 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-35327-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1868-4238

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-422X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 381

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Communication Networks

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