Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The Politics of the Digital Age: An Introduction -- The Digital Revolution and the Network Society -- Technology and Governance -- Governance of New Technologies -- The Design of the Book -- Notes -- Part I: The Digital Revolution and Governance -- 2 'eEurope' and European Governance -- Introduction -- Europe and the Global Information Society -- 'eEurope' and the 'Common Information Area' -- Towards a European Regulatory Authority? -- The Information Society and European Governance -- The Information Society and EU Enlargement -- Impact of EU Policy: The Information Society Projects -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Networked Governance for a 'Network Society'? -- Introduction -- Policy Networks in the Network Society -- Europeanisation and the Information Society -- Europe of the Regions: The Regional Information Society Initiative -- Europe of the Cities: The TeleCities Network -- A New Mode of European Governance? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 New Industrial Policy for the Digital Age: Informatisation and Development -- Introduction -- Economic Development: Industrialisation or Informatisation? -- Chinese Technology Policy for the Digital Age -- Coping with Change: Institutional Reform -- Regulating Convergence: Implications of IP Telephony -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II: Governance of the Digital Revolution -- 5 Chinese Politics Online: Implications of the Internet -- Introduction -- Growth of the Internet in China -- Hierarchical Control and Networked Communication -- The Internet and Democratisation -- The Internet as a New Media: The WTO Effect -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Shaping the Screen: The Politics of Digital TV -- Introduction -- Global Competition for HDTV: The Genesis of Digital TV