Argues that globalization of the media sector affects, e.g., human needs and human rights in a similar way like globalization in other sectors. Highlights the particular role of the media sector as an enabler and as a powerful transformation agent of social, cultural and political structures....

Provides information on the situation in Barbados and Jamaica as it relates to employment, working conditions and labour relations in offshore data service enterprises, against the background of the ILO's Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

Explores the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the development of small enterprises in developing countries. Considers the conditions that must be met: connectivity, security and legal framework, roles of the government and the private sector in developing...