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bad. Tables are isolated from the text, in one case (Table 3-16) by 40 pages of text; tables need boxes to separate them from the text (Table 5-l); some tables need to be grouped in appendixes rather than placed in the text (Tables 3-12, 3-13). Further, a consistent use of italics to indicate case law and judgments would help to separate them from technologies and services Date1 (case) versus Date] (service). Even the simplest word-processing packages can do most of these tasks automatically.
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mics, law and technology. His survey of the material shows a clear grip on all issues and he presents his arguments with convincing force. The book is very uneven and at times Eward can write with ease and lucidity. The main problem is that he provides the reader with no strong framework on which the outpouring of detail can be hung. For the few hundred specialists who already have this framework the book will be immensely rewarding. For the nonspecialist, the undergraduate or the interested scholar working in adjacent areas, this book will be forbidding territory.
Given, then, this unforgiving text with its plethora of acronyms and technical detail, it is clear that this book remains for specialists only. This is a great shame. Eward is a master in his area: he shows great competence in econo-
Christopher Podmore Communication Department Ottawa University, Canada
Publications Communicurions Deregulu~ion: Ihe Unleashing o,f America’s Communicarions 1,~ dusfry by Jeremy Tunstall (Basil Blackwell, Oxford. UK, 1986. 324 pp, f25.00) To be reviewed. Comperirion vs Monopoly in Telecommunicutions: the Case of Enhunced Services and Customer Premises Equipmenr - (I Note on the Debate in Europe (Report prepared for IBM-Europe by BattelleGeneva. Center for Applied Economics. 7 route de Drize. 1227 Carouge-Geneva, Switzerland, 1985, 52 pp.) Digiral Communications edited lieri and C. Prati (North-Holland. dam. 1986, 362 pp. $55.2.5)
by E. BigAmster-
Global Shift: Industrial Change in a Turbulent World by Peter Dicken (Harper and Row. London, 1986, 456 pp. f12.95)
New Communicarion Technologies and Ihe Public Interest: Comparutive Perspecrrves on Policy and Research edited by Marjorie Ferguson (Sage. London. 1986. 197 pp. f9.95) Prospects of Telecorllrnlrrlicariorls Policy: Comributions to Regulatory Policy Discussions About rhe Future of Telecommuniculions in Ihe Federal Republic of Germcrtl> (Bundesministerium fiir das Post- und Fernmeldewesen, Stab 201, Postfach 15001. D-5300 Bonn I, Federal Renublic of Germany. 1985) Reliability of Communicarions Systems by Vasile M. Cgtuneanu and Ioan C. Bacivaof (Editura MilitarB, Bucharest, Romania. 1985, 303 pp. lei 25.50. in Romanian) A systematic approach to the reliability of communications systems. taking into account both technical and economic aspects. Includes studies concerning the correlation between reliabilityinformational traffic and rcliabilitytopology, and an analysis of reliability in optical communications systems based on the quantum aspects of communication theory. Salellile Communicarions Systems by G. Maral and M. Bousquet (John Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1986, 401 pp. f21.95)
The Information Systems Research lenge edited by F. Warren McFarlan vard Business School Press. Boston. USA, 1986. 420 pp. f32.50)
Chal(HarMA,
Insrructionul Telrrommunications: Principles und Applicorions by DeLaqne R. Hudspeth and Ronald G. Brey (Praeger. New York, 1985. 240 pp. $15.95) Issue.7 in Telecomr~~ctnicorions Regulation und Comperirion: Early Policy Perspecrives From rhe Sfures by Robert M. Entman (P-8%2, Program on Information Resources Policy. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA, USA. 1985. 131 pp) Kaisha, Ihe Jupunese Corporarions by James C. Abegglcn and George Stalk, Jr (Harper and Row. New York, 1985, 309 PP)
The Information Explosion: the New Electronic Media in Japun und Europe edited by Mick McLean (Frances Pinter, London, 1985, 130 pp. fI7.50) To be reviewed.
Legul Aspeccl of Slate and Federul Regularory Jurisdiclion Over the Telephone Indusfry: 0 Survey by William F. Maher, Jr (P-85-3. Program on Information Resources Policy. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. USA, 1985)
The Information Professions in the Electranit Age by John Gurnsey (Clive Bingley, London. 1985. 206 pp. fl2.50)
Linked Local Area Networks by Alan J. Mayne (John Wiley. New York, 1986, 628 pp, f46.00)
184
Minorities and Media: Dirrersiq and rhe End of Mass Communicarion by Clint C. Wilson II and Felix Gutierrez (Sage. Beverly Hills. CA. USA, 1985. 247 pp. f 13.75)
Technology Crossing Borders: the Choice, Transfer, and Management of In~ernarionul Technology Flows edited by Robert Stobaugh and Louis T. Wells, Jr (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, USA. 1986, 329 pp. f38.50) Telecommunicarions and Larinos: cm Assessment of Issues and Opporlunilies (Stanford Center for Chicano Research. Stanford University, CA, USA, 1985, 132 PP) Telecommunications Technologies 1985186 edited by H. Inose (Japan Annual Reviews in Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications, Vol 20, OHM, Tokyo/NorthHolland, Amsterdam, 1985, 378 pp, $86.00) Tele-informatics: Data and Computer Communicafions edited by C. Macchi and J.F. Guilbert (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1985, 472 pp. $89.00) Television Today and Tomorrow:, W&-IOWall Dallas? by Christopher Dunkley (Penguin, London, 1985, 160 pp, f2.95) llnderslanding Modern Telecommunicutions by Herbert S. Dordick (McGrawHill, New York, 1986, 324 pp, f33.95)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
POLICY June 1986
bad. Tables are isolated from the text, in one case (Table 3-16) by 40 pages of text; tables need boxes to separate them from the text (Table 5-l); some tables need to be grouped in appendixes rather than placed in the text (Tables 3-12, 3-13). Further, a consistent use of italics to indicate case law and judgments would help to separate them from technologies and services Date1 (case) versus Date] (service). Even the simplest word-processing packages can do most of these tasks automatically.
Forbidding
mics, law and technology. His survey of the material shows a clear grip on all issues and he presents his arguments with convincing force. The book is very uneven and at times Eward can write with ease and lucidity. The main problem is that he provides the reader with no strong framework on which the outpouring of detail can be hung. For the few hundred specialists who already have this framework the book will be immensely rewarding. For the nonspecialist, the undergraduate or the interested scholar working in adjacent areas, this book will be forbidding territory.
Given, then, this unforgiving text with its plethora of acronyms and technical detail, it is clear that this book remains for specialists only. This is a great shame. Eward is a master in his area: he shows great competence in econo-
Christopher Podmore Communication Department Ottawa University, Canada
Publications Communicurions Deregulu~ion: Ihe Unleashing o,f America’s Communicarions 1,~ dusfry by Jeremy Tunstall (Basil Blackwell, Oxford. UK, 1986. 324 pp, f25.00) To be reviewed. Comperirion vs Monopoly in Telecommunicutions: the Case of Enhunced Services and Customer Premises Equipmenr - (I Note on the Debate in Europe (Report prepared for IBM-Europe by BattelleGeneva. Center for Applied Economics. 7 route de Drize. 1227 Carouge-Geneva, Switzerland, 1985, 52 pp.) Digiral Communications edited lieri and C. Prati (North-Holland. dam. 1986, 362 pp. $55.2.5)
by E. BigAmster-
Global Shift: Industrial Change in a Turbulent World by Peter Dicken (Harper and Row. London, 1986, 456 pp. f12.95)
New Communicarion Technologies and Ihe Public Interest: Comparutive Perspecrrves on Policy and Research edited by Marjorie Ferguson (Sage. London. 1986. 197 pp. f9.95) Prospects of Telecorllrnlrrlicariorls Policy: Comributions to Regulatory Policy Discussions About rhe Future of Telecommuniculions in Ihe Federal Republic of Germcrtl> (Bundesministerium fiir das Post- und Fernmeldewesen, Stab 201, Postfach 15001. D-5300 Bonn I, Federal Renublic of Germany. 1985) Reliability of Communicarions Systems by Vasile M. Cgtuneanu and Ioan C. Bacivaof (Editura MilitarB, Bucharest, Romania. 1985, 303 pp. lei 25.50. in Romanian) A systematic approach to the reliability of communications systems. taking into account both technical and economic aspects. Includes studies concerning the correlation between reliabilityinformational traffic and rcliabilitytopology, and an analysis of reliability in optical communications systems based on the quantum aspects of communication theory. Salellile Communicarions Systems by G. Maral and M. Bousquet (John Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1986, 401 pp. f21.95)
The Information Systems Research lenge edited by F. Warren McFarlan vard Business School Press. Boston. USA, 1986. 420 pp. f32.50)
Chal(HarMA,
Insrructionul Telrrommunications: Principles und Applicorions by DeLaqne R. Hudspeth and Ronald G. Brey (Praeger. New York, 1985. 240 pp. $15.95) Issue.7 in Telecomr~~ctnicorions Regulation und Comperirion: Early Policy Perspecrives From rhe Sfures by Robert M. Entman (P-8%2, Program on Information Resources Policy. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA, USA. 1985. 131 pp) Kaisha, Ihe Jupunese Corporarions by James C. Abegglcn and George Stalk, Jr (Harper and Row. New York, 1985, 309 PP)
The Information Explosion: the New Electronic Media in Japun und Europe edited by Mick McLean (Frances Pinter, London, 1985, 130 pp. fI7.50) To be reviewed.
Legul Aspeccl of Slate and Federul Regularory Jurisdiclion Over the Telephone Indusfry: 0 Survey by William F. Maher, Jr (P-85-3. Program on Information Resources Policy. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. USA, 1985)
The Information Professions in the Electranit Age by John Gurnsey (Clive Bingley, London. 1985. 206 pp. fl2.50)
Linked Local Area Networks by Alan J. Mayne (John Wiley. New York, 1986, 628 pp, f46.00)
184
Minorities and Media: Dirrersiq and rhe End of Mass Communicarion by Clint C. Wilson II and Felix Gutierrez (Sage. Beverly Hills. CA. USA, 1985. 247 pp. f 13.75)
Technology Crossing Borders: the Choice, Transfer, and Management of In~ernarionul Technology Flows edited by Robert Stobaugh and Louis T. Wells, Jr (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, USA. 1986, 329 pp. f38.50) Telecommunicarions and Larinos: cm Assessment of Issues and Opporlunilies (Stanford Center for Chicano Research. Stanford University, CA, USA, 1985, 132 PP) Telecommunications Technologies 1985186 edited by H. Inose (Japan Annual Reviews in Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications, Vol 20, OHM, Tokyo/NorthHolland, Amsterdam, 1985, 378 pp, $86.00) Tele-informatics: Data and Computer Communicafions edited by C. Macchi and J.F. Guilbert (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1985, 472 pp. $89.00) Television Today and Tomorrow:, W&-IOWall Dallas? by Christopher Dunkley (Penguin, London, 1985, 160 pp, f2.95) llnderslanding Modern Telecommunicutions by Herbert S. Dordick (McGrawHill, New York, 1986, 324 pp, f33.95)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
POLICY June 1986