Contents -- Tables and figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part One: Policy contexts -- 1 Capitalism, technology, institutions and the study of communications and media policy -- 2 Revisiting the history of global communication and media policy -- Part Two: The policy domains -- 3 Governing the central nervous system of the global economy: telecommunications policy -- 4 Governing the backbone of cultures: broadcasting policy -- Part Three: Policy paradigms -- 5 Policies for a new world or the emperor 's new clothes? The Information Society -- 6 Civil society and social justice: the limits and possibilities of global governance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.