Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-500) and indexes
1. Competing Interests and Strategies in the Information Society -- 2. Social Communities: Access and Users' Capabilities -- 3. Transforming the Infrastructure Supporting the Information Society -- 4. Chaos in Service Innovations and Applications -- 5. Controlling Electronic Commerce Transactions / R. Hawkins, R. Mansell and W. E. Steinmueller -- 6. Liberalization and the Process and Implications of Standardization / R. Hawkins, R. Mansell and W. E. Steinmueller -- Annexe: Consortia and SDOs Relevant to Advanced Digital Applications -- 7. Electronic Intellectual Property and Creative Knowledge Production -- 8. Building Trust for Virtual Communities -- 9. Locating the Consequences of Information Society Developments -- 10. Recapitulating the Themes and Facing the Future