Publisher's Synopsis
"The Race to the Intelligent State" is, in part, an antidote to the overly optimistic predictions which some people have made concerning the role of the information sector in the broader society. The book describes the complex process of the evolution of information infrastructures and the role of technology and other factors in the process. Issues discussed include the uneven accessibility of information around the world; a scenario for the technological environment of 2005; the shape of the information sectors in the information superstates - US and Japan; analysis of the flaws in the concept of the post-industrial information society; and the determined efforts by developing nations, such as India and Thailand to update their information systems.;Connors concludes with some predictions of the likely shape of the global information economy in 2005.;This text should be of interest to information professionals, professional investors, academic libraries and researchers interested in information technology.
