Info-Rich – Info-Poor: Access and Exchange in the Global Information Society

Haywood (computing and information studies, U. of Central England, Birmingham) analyzes the world as an information system. From an international perspective, he explores the problems, iniquities, controversies, and potential arising from the databased society. Aspects as diverse as de-industrialization and information, copyright, and transborder data flow are among the subjects discussed. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.