The Information Society and the Regions in Europe

Academic discourse on chances and risks of the Information Society mainly focuses on aspects of globalisation and the future role of the nation state. This volume shifts the focus of attention towards the regional dimension of the evolving Information Society.
British and German experts deal with economic, administrative, political and scientific challenges of the new information infrastructure to the regions in the European Union. Measures supposed to promote the endogenous potential of the regions in Europe are in the limelight of attention. The volume introduces a wide range of coping strategies, reflects the current debate on the Information Society and offers an outlook on its future development.