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Feketekuty, Geza, 128 n and intellectual property, 11, 26,
Fly, James Lawrence, 69n 35, 120, 128n, 142-52, 154n,
Focus Broadcast Corporation, 157-9n, 164, 195
73n most favored nation, 145, 146
Fordism/Post-Fordism, 10, 34, 90, national treatment, 146, 158 n
164, 203, 205-7 and services, II, 26, 35, 127n,
and advertising and marketing, 128 n, 138-9, 141-5, 149, 152,
180-1 154-9n, 164, 178, 186, 195,
and Genei"al Motors, 170--1 202, 207
and information and World Trade Organization
communication (WTO), 28, 35, 149, 151, 164,
commodities, 182, 186 178, 195, 205, 210
and labor costs, 183 General Dynamics, 53
and United States General Electric, 52, 53, 167, 168
Telecommunications Act, 185 GE Americom, 167
foreign direct investment, 155-6 n General Instruments, 73 n
Fowler, Marc, 120 General Motors (GM), vii, 5, 59,
France, 81, 83, 89, 102n, 103n, 146, 170--1, 180
174 see also Hughes Communications
free flow of information policy, 3, Gill, Stephen, 23, 24, 28, 31
7-11,18,27-9,75,77,79-80, Gillette, 179
83-5, 87-91, 92, 94-9, 105 n, Global Information Infrastructure
109, Ill, 113, 116-23, 127 n, (Gil), 4-6, 12, 134, 164, 185,
128n, 133-4, 135, 139-40, 148, 196, 205
149-52, 155n, 162, 186, 195, globalization, vii, 8, 12, 21, 28-9,
196,200--10 117, 137, 151-2, 179-87, 195,
and international law, 75, 79-90, 202-3, 204-10
103n, 107, 123, 134-5, 141, Golding, Peter, 212 n
193, 200, 201, 206 Goldwater, Barry, 120
'free trade', II, 26, 27, 29, 133, 137, Gore, AI, 164, 185, 196
151-2, 164, 177, 185, 187, 195, Graphic Scanning, 73 n
197, 201, 210 Green, Harold H., 131, 153n
and free flow of information
policy, 133, 136-7, 140--1, Halliday, Fred, 96
150--2, 186, 193, 204, 205, Hargrove, John L., 103 n
210 Hechler, Ken, 45
see also, General Agreement on hegemony, 23-38, 187, 194-210
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and cultural imperialism, 21-2,
United States Trade 196-200, 206
Representative (USTR) definition of, 8, 23, 199
and global civil society, 204
Gardner, Michael R., 135, 136 hegemonic bloc, 12, 29, 31, 37,
Gardner, Richard N., 108 203, 205, 206
Garin, Michael, 182 and knowledge, 26--7, 31, 38, 152,
General Agreement on Tariffs and 194-5
Trade (GATT), 2, 11, 27, 33, and liberalism, 194-5, 199,
35, 119, 122, 136, 137, 138-9, 210
141-52, 154n, 156-9n, 201, 203, and the United States, viii, 8, 10,
205 12-3, 27, 33-4, 50, 84, 90--1,