Andrew Calabrese is associate professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder.Jean-Claude Burgelman is professor of national and international communication policy at the Free University of Brussels.

The book has many strengths, most notably, wide representation among countries and regions as case studies and a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, political science, culture, and communication studies.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Communication Technology and the Geography of CitizenshipChapter 3 The State and the New Geography of PowerChapter 4 Citizenship and the TechnopolesPart 5 The Neoliberal TransitionChapter 6 That Deep Romantic Chasm: Libertarianism, Neoliberalism, and the Computer CultureChapter 7 From Citizenship to Consumer Sovereignty: The Paradigm Shift in European Audiovisual PolicyChapter 8 Will Information Societies Be Welfare Societies?Chapter 9 Ideology, Communication, and Capitalist Crisis: The New Zealand ExperiencePart 10 Social Policy in TelecommunicationsChapter 11 Amartya Sen's "Capabilities" Approach to the Evaluation of Welfare: Its Application to CommunicationsChapter 12 The Future of the Welfare State and Its Challenges for Communication PolicyChapter 13 Social Movement in Telecommunications: Rethinking the Public Service History of U.S. Telecommunications, 1894-1919Part 14 Public Service BroadcastingChapter 15 Public Service Journalism in Post-Tory Britain: Problems and ProspectsChapter 16 Public Service Broadcasting in Australia: Value and DifferencePart 17 Participatory Politics and Citizen AccessChapter 18 Telecommunications Reform in Postapartheid South AfricaChapter 19 Policies for Participation: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Local Initiatives in the United KingdomChapter 20 The Public Interest in U.S. Electronic Media Today: The DBS DebateChapter 21 New Technologies, the Welfare State, and the Prospects for DemocratizationPart 22 Global Media Development and PolicyChapter 23 The Welfare State, the Information Society, and the Ambivalence of Social MovementsChapter 24 Television and Citizenship: A New International Division of Cultural Labor?Chapter 25 Communication Policy and Globalization as a Social ProjectChapter 26 AfterwordChapter 27 IndexChapter 28 About the Editors and Contributors