Table of Contents

Part I. A New Perspective of the Information Revolution1. Introduction: Tele-Access - The Outcome of an Ecology of Games2. Information Politics, Technology and SocietyPart II. Social Dimensions of the Technical: Social, Cultural, and Political Processes Shaping Tele-Access3. Technologies Shaping Tele-Access: A Force for Social Change4. The Social Shaping of Tele-Access: Inventing our FuturesPart III. Tele-Access in Business, Management and Work5. The Reach and Boundaries of Business and Management: Virtual Organizations6. Redesigning the Workplace: Challenging Geographical and Cultural Constraints on AccessPart IV. Public Access in Politics, Governance, and Education7. Digital Democracy: Electronic Access to Politics and Services8. Knowledge Access: Reconfiguring Users and Producers in Teaching and ResearchPart V. The Virtual City: Shaping Access in Everyday Life9. The Intelligent Household: For Richer or Poorer10. Wiring the Global VillagePart VI. Industrial Strategies and Public Policies11. Regulating Access: Broadening the Policy Debate12. The Politics of Tele-Access: Social Relations in a Network SocietyGlossaryBibliography